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Shine a Light (film)

Shine a Light (film)
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NameShine a Light
Directed byMartin Scorsese
Produced bySteve Bing
Michael Cohl
StarringMick Jagger
Keith Richards
Charlie Watts
Ronnie Wood
Christina Aguilera
Buddy Guy
Jack White
Lisa Fischer
Bill Clinton
Music byThe Rolling Stones
CinematographyEllen Kuras
Stuart Dryburgh
Robert Elswit
Andrew Lesnie
Emmanuel Lubezki
John Toll
Robert Richardson
StudioShangri-La Entertainment
Distributed byParamount Classics (USA)
20th Century Fox (UK/Australia)
Release dateApril 4, 2008
Running time122 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million
Gross revenue$15,773,351

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'Shine a Light' is a 2008 documentary film directed by Martin Scorsese documenting The Rolling Stones' 2006 Beacon Theatre performance on their A Bigger Bang Tour. The Scorsese film also includes archive footage from the band's career and marked the first utilisation by Scorsese of digital cinematography for his films with it being used for the backstage sequences. The film takes its title from the song of the same name, featured on the band's 1972 album Exile on Main St. A soundtrack album was released in April 2008 on the Universal label.

Scorsese filmed the Rolling Stones at the Beacon Theatre on October 29 and November 1, 2006, but the performance footage used in the film is all from the second show. The music was recorded, mixed and co-produced by Bob Clearmountain. The concert footage is preceded by a brief semi-fictionalised introduction about the preparations for the shows, and is intercut with historical news clips and archival interviews with band members. (A "break" in a backstage game of billiards a few minutes into the film recalls the opening scene of another Scorsese rockumentary, The Last Waltz.) The shows, which were added to the tour schedule for the purposes of the film shoot, featured a different set list than was typical of other shows on the tour (see below), and were noted for their star-studded crowds, including former United States President Bill Clinton and wife, then United States Senator, currently Secretary of State; Hillary Clinton, who are shown in the film as attending a Rolling Stones soundcheck, and former President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski.

The Rolling Stones' Beacon Theater performances benefitted the Clinton Foundation, a charity founded by Bill Clinton, who gave a short speech at the October 29 performance. The film also shows Jack White, Buddy Guy and Christina Aguilera performing with the Stones.

Prior to the October 29 show, 83 year old Ahmet Ertegün, a co-founder and executive of Atlantic Records and chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum, was back stage in a VIP social area, the "Rattlesnake Inn", when Ertegün tripped and fell, striking his head on the concrete floor. He was rushed to the hospital, and died on December 14, 2006. The film was dedicated to his memory.

According to keyboardist Chuck Leavell's tour diary, Mick Jagger had been ill with throat problems, forcing a postponement of the Stones scheduled Atlantic City concert and the October 31 Beacon Theater show was moved to November 1, to allow Jagger to recuperate.

Shine a Light was initially scheduled for release on September 21, 2007, but Paramount Classics postponed it until April 2008. The world premiere was at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival on February 7, 2008. The film is also being screened in some IMAX cinemas. The IMAX version of the film was the second IMAX Stones concert film, the first being Live at the Max, released in 1991.

The MPAA gave the film a PG-13 rating (the film was edited from an R) for brief strong language, drug references, and smoking, and has been released on both DVD and Blu-ray disc by Paramount Home Entertainment, a division of Paramount Pictures. The Blu-ray release is recorded in 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video and Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround (48 kHz/24-bit).

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Films by Martin Scorsese

1960sWho's That Knocking at My Door (1967)
1970sBoxcar Bertha (1972) * Mean Streets (1973) * Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) * Taxi Driver (1976) * New York, New York (1977)
1980sRaging Bull (1980) * The King of Comedy (1983) * After Hours (1985) * The Color of Money (1986) * The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
1990sGoodfellas (1990) * Cape Fear (1991) * The Age of Innocence (1993) * Casino (1995) * Kundun (1997) * Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
2000sGangs of New York (2002) * The Aviator (2004) * The Departed (2006)
2010sShutter Island (2010) * Hugo Cabret (2011)
ShortsWhat's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963) * It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964) * The Big Shave (1967) * Bad (1987) * Life Lessons (1989) * The Key to Reserva (2007)
DocumentariesStreet Scenes (1970) * Italianamerican (1974) * American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978) * The Last Waltz (1978) * A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) * My Voyage to Italy (1999) * The Blues (2003) * No Direction Home (2005) * Shine a Light (2008) * Living in the Material World (2011)
ProducedThe Grifters (1990) * Mad Dog and Glory (1993) * Clockers (1995) * The Hi-Lo Country (1998) * You Can Count on Me (2000) * Nyfes (2004) * The Young Victoria (2009) * Boardwalk Empire (2010-current)

The Rolling Stones

UK studio albums
1964 �1967
The Rolling Stones (1964) * The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965) * Out of Our Heads (1965) * Aftermath (1966) * Between the Buttons (1967)
US studio albums
1964 �1967
England's Newest Hit Makers (1964) * 12 X 5 (1964) * The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965) * Out of Our Heads (1965) * December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965) * Aftermath (1966) * Between the Buttons (1967)
Studio albums
1967 �present
Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) * Beggars Banquet (1968) * Let It Bleed (1969) * Sticky Fingers (1971) * Exile on Main St. (1972) * Goats Head Soup (1973) * It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974) * Black and Blue (1976) * Some Girls (1978) * Emotional Rescue (1980) * Tattoo You (1981) * Undercover (1983) * Dirty Work (1986) * Steel Wheels (1989) * Voodoo Lounge (1994) * Bridges to Babylon (1997) * A Bigger Bang (2005)
UK EPsThe Rolling Stones (1964) * Five by Five (1964) * Got Live If You Want It! (1965)
Live albumsGot Live If You Want It! (US only) (1966) * Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert (1970) * Love You Live (1977) * "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) (1982) * Flashpoint (1991) * Stripped (1995) * No Security (1998) * Live Licks (2004) * Shine a Light (2008)
CompilationsBig Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966) * Flowers (US) (1967) * Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969) * Made in the Shade (1975) * Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971 �1977 (1979) * Sucking in the Seventies (1981) * Rewind (1971 �1984) (1984) * Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (1993) * Forty Licks (2002) * Rarities 1971 �2003 (2005) * Exile on Main St. (Rarities Edition) (2010)
Post-contract
ABKCO albums
Hot Rocks 1964 �1971 (1971) * More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972) * Metamorphosis (1975) * Singles Collection: The London Years (1989) * The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996) * Singles 1963 �1965 (2004) * Singles 1965 �1967 (2004) * Singles 1968 �1971 (2005) * Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007)
Post-contract
Decca albums
Stone Age (1971) * Gimme Shelter (1971) * Milestones (1972) * Rock 'n' Rolling Stones (1972) * No Stone Unturned (1973) * Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (1975) * Solid Rock (1980) * Slow Rollers (1981)
Miscellaneous albumsJamming with Edward! (1972)
Box setsThe Rolling Stones Box Set (2009)
DVD releasesStones at the Max (1992) * The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge Live (1995) * Bridges to Babylon Tour '97 �98 (1998) * Four Flicks (2003) * The Biggest Bang (2007)
DocumentariesGimme Shelter (1970) * Cocksucker Blues (1972) * Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (1974) * 25x5 � The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1989) * Shine a Light (2008) * Stones in Exile (2010)
ToursEuropean Tour 1967 * American Tour 1969 * European Tour 1970 * UK Tour 1971 * American Tour 1972 * Pacific Tour 1973 * European Tour 1973 * Tour of the Americas '75 * Tour of Europe '76 * US Tour 1978 * American Tour 1981 * European Tour 1982 * Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour * Voodoo Lounge Tour * Bridges to Babylon Tour * No Security Tour * Licks Tour * A Bigger Bang Tour
CollaboratorsBlondie Chaplin * Lisa Fischer * Bernard Fowler * Nicky Hopkins * Darryl Jones * Bobby Keys * Chuck Leavell * Ian McLagan * Billy Preston * Jim Price
Producers and managementAndrew Loog Oldham * Allen Klein * Jimmy Miller * The Glimmer Twins * Steve Lillywhite * Chris Kimsey * Don Was
Related articlesDiscography * Jagger/Richards * Nanker Phelge * Rolling Stones Records * Altamont Free Concert * Rolling Stones Mobile Studio * The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus * The Mick Jagger Centre * Peter Meaden

Jack White

The White StripesThe White Stripes * De Stijl * White Blood Cells * Elephant * Get Behind Me Satan * Icky Thump *
The RaconteursBroken Boy Soldiers * Consolers of the Lonely *
The Dead WeatherHorehound * Sea of Cowards *
Former bandsThe Upholsterers * The Go * Goober & the Peas * Two-Star Tabernacle * The Henchmen *
Songs"Fly Farm Blues" * "The Wayfaring Stranger" * "Sittin' on Top of the World" *
FilmographyThe Rosary Murders * Cold Mountain * Coffee and Cigarettes * Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story * Shine a Light * It Might Get Loud *
MiscellaneousThird Man Records * "Another Way to Die" * Van Lear Rose * Karen Elson * Aluminium * Gretsch Triple Jet * Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit

Christina Aguilera

Studio albumsChristina Aguilera (1999) * Stripped (2002) * Back to Basics (2006) * Bionic (2010)
Other albumsMi Reflejo (2000) * My Kind of Christmas (2000) * Just Be Free (2001)
Compilation albumKeeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits (2008)
Video releasesGenie Gets Her Wish * My Reflection * Stripped Live in the U.K. * Back to Basics: Live and Down Under
ToursChristina Aguilera: In Concert Tour * Justified/Stripped Tour * Stripped World Tour * Back to Basics Tour
Motion picturesBurlesque
FragranceXpose * Christina Aguilera * Inspire * By Night
Related articlesDiscography * Awards * Products * RCA Records * Ecuadorian American * Tours * Shine a Light



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