- Actors: Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Howie Epstein, Scott Thurston
- Directors: Martyn Atkins
- Producers: Darren Rydstrom, James Pluta
- Format: Closed-captioned, NTSC, Dolby, Colour, Full Screen
- Language English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Exempt
- Studio: Warner Music Vision
- DVD Release Date: 26 Jun 2000
- Run Time: 90 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00002ND7R
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 64,136 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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If you're looking for big stage sets, pyrotechnics, theatrical backdrops, costume changes, dancing girls or zippy light shows, this concert probably ain't for you. On the other hand, if you're after good music performed superbly by expert musicians before a highly-appreciative audience, then here it is.
Tom & co simply don't care about the visual aspect of their concerts. They seem to take the view that you're here because you love the music. Fair play to them.
It's always worth remembering that Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, either collectively or individually, are responsible for some of the most memorable music to emerge over the last 3 decades. Stevie Nicks, Don Henley, Bob Dylan, Sheryl Crow and dozens of others have recruited their help. Well, here they all are, lined up behind the ever-charismatic Tom Petty, delivering some of their finest tunes from the last ten years or so.
And that's the best thing - they don't get bogged down playing the old standards that we've all heard a dozen times before. Instead, we hear several tracks from the about-to-be-released Echo album (which underwhelmed the critics, it must be said), reworked acoustic versions of several gems (including a superb version of 'Walls' - much better than the original), and highlights from Wildflowers & Full Moon Fever.
On the down side, the last four or five songs are heads-down rockers, somewhat brainlessly so, and don't represent my favourites by any means. It might have been nice to hear a few tracks from 'Into the Great Wide Open' instead.
A few complaints about the DVD itself - the synchronisation between sound and picture tends to slip out of step periodically, which is probably the most frustrating fault a DVD can have, though it invariably catches up with itself presently. Camera-work is curiously haphazard and jerky (presumably on purpose), and short clips of meaningless backstage activities punctuate throughout, between the songs. Hmmm. For these reasons I've awarded 3 stars instead of 4 it deserved.
Nevertheless, a must have for any Tom Petty devotee. The soundtrack should have been released as a live album too, in my opinion.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Filmed in 1999 at the San Francisco Fillmore, this opens to an audio and visual montage of urban America over a music bed of `California', then cuts to a mirrored ball, whereupon the lights go up and the high grass dogs stroll onto the stage and blast into `Jammin' Me'. Director Martyn Atkins has used multiple cameras from a variety of angles to catch the band, interspersed with shots of impressed looking girls, which editor Martin Bullen has cut into a seamless whole using a quality sound mix throughout. Between songs they have added backstage and street shots of anonymous roadies, interjecting odd sound bites, wheeling crates up ramps and so on, all of which breaks the flow of a good gig, but fortunately these are only short. The idea (sort of) comes together when the film closes with the gear being loaded up, but this music really doesn't need adorning. The laconic stoner / polite Southern Gent fronting proceedings appears in good humour, on top form and to be clearly enjoying himself as he works his way through an assortment of acoustics, Teles and Flying V's to present a well judged selection from his impressive catalogue. There are a couple of `new' songs from `Echo' just before that decent album came out. `Mary Jane' particularly is a show stopper, after which Bo Diddley embellishes the primal strains of `Mona', this is followed a more acoustic section including a bluegrassy `Lay Down My Guitar', a great `Even The Losers' to which Petty charmingly and repeatedly fluffs the opening lines - `act like you don't know anything's going on', he drawls. After which the band - including Mick Cambell, Benmont Tench and the sorely missed Howie Epstein, abetted by Scott Thurston and Steve Ferrone - rock their way out.
Complete track listing: California, Jammin' Me, Running Down a Dream, Swinging, Breakdown, Listen To Her Heart, You Don't Know How It Feels, Mary Jane's Last Dance, Mona, Lay Down My Guitar, Even The Losers, Walls, Angel Dream, Room At The Top, County Farm, You Wreck Me, I Don't Wanna Fight, Free Fallin', Free Girl Now.
With a running time of just over 90 minutes this may be seen by some as just another Corporate American Rock Band DVD, but I suspect Gentle Reader that you will know different. Tom's problem has always been he makes it look all so easy. Nobody else does that jingle jangle with such skill, power, commitment and consistency.
Complete track listing: California, Jammin' Me, Running Down a Dream, Swinging, Breakdown, Listen To Her Heart, You Don't Know How It Feels, Mary Jane's Last Dance, Mona, Lay Down My Guitar, Even The Losers, Walls, Angel Dream, Room At The Top, County Farm, You Wreck Me, I Don't Wanna Fight, Free Fallin', Free Girl Now.
With a running time of just over 90 minutes this may be seen by some as just another Corporate American Rock Band DVD, but I suspect Gentle Reader that you will know different. Tom's problem has always been he makes it look all so easy. Nobody else does that jingle jangle with such skill, power, commitment and consistency.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is Tom doing what he does best, playing good, honest rock n roll. The concert has a good mix of old and new tracks and shows how tight the band are and Mike Campbells great guitar work. If you're looking for a Tom Petty Live album and are unsure what one to go for, I'd say this is a good place to start. Love the music, love the band, loved the DVD.
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I had to return this Item as it was marked up wrong on Amazon, it was region 1 and not 2 as stated, I was looking forward to this but I cannot find it for English region.
Published 4 months ago by Mr. S. N. Ford
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My wife and I are great fans of Tom Petty and were very keen to get this DVD. Read more
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