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Crossfire Hurricane (film)

2012 film by Brett Morgen

Summary

2012 film by Brett Morgen

FieldValue
nameCrossfire Hurricane
imageCrossfire Hurricane.jpg
directorBrett Morgen
producerMick Jagger
Victoria Pearman
Keith Richards
Charlie Watts
editingStuart Levy
Conor O'Neill
studioMilkwood Films
Tremolo Productions
distributorHBO
released
runtime111 minutes
countryUnited States
languageEnglish

Victoria Pearman Keith Richards Charlie Watts Conor O'Neill Tremolo Productions Crossfire Hurricane is a 2012 documentary film about the Rolling Stones written and directed by Brett Morgen. The film chronicles the early years of the band through to 1981. The film is a series of interviews conducted without cameras, while showing various points of interest that the band is discussing as archival footage. The title of the film comes from the first line of the band's 1968 hit "Jumpin' Jack Flash".

Synopsis

On their 50th anniversary, the Rolling Stones, with the support of archive footage and interviewed by director Brett Morgen, retrace the first 20 years of their career. The film discusses their early success in the 1960s; the way the media characterised the difference between them and the Beatles; the exceptional musical talent of Brian Jones; their first song-writing; the difference between the boy fans' aggressiveness that resulted in fights with the police and the girl fans' screaming hysteria; Mick Jagger and Keith Richards drug use and their arrest; the musical contribution of Jones that was waning due to excessive use of drugs, and his death a few weeks after the separation from the band; Mick Taylor's debut concert in Hyde Park in memory of Jones and the return to world tours; the awful organization of the Altamont Free Concert; their flight to tax exile in 1971; the recording of Exile on Main St. in a villa on the south of France; Taylor's departure and the arrival of Ronnie Wood; and the arrest of Richards in Canada for possession of heroin and his decision to detox, to safeguard the future of the band.

Critical reception

The film received mostly positive reviews. Review aggregator website Metacritic gave the film a 77 out of 100, based on 17 critics.

John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal:

From James Poniewozik of Time magazine:

From David Hinckley of New York Daily News:

The film won a Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing: Long Form Documentary.

Charts

Chart (2013/2014)Peak
positionAustralian Music DVDs ChartAustrian Music DVDs ChartDanish Music DVDs ChartIrish Music DVDs ChartItalian Music DVDs ChartSwedish Music DVDs ChartSwiss Music DVDs ChartUK Music Videos ChartUS Music Videos Chart
2
4
8
9
6
3
2
1
1

Certifications

References

References

  1. "Jumping Jack Flash Lyrics – Rolling Stones". Keno's Rolling Stones Web Site.
  2. (15 November 2012). "Critic Reviews for Crossfire Hurricane Season 1". [[Metacritic]].
  3. Anderson, John. (8 November 2012). "Crossfire Hurricane | Rolling Stones | Brett Morgen | HBO | Family Guy | Catfish: The TV Show | When the Stones Were on a Roll | By John Anderson – WSJ.com". [[The Wall Street Journal]].
  4. Poniewozik, James. (15 November 2012). "TV Tonight: Crossfire Hurricane".
  5. (15 November 2012). "TV Review: HBO's 'Crossfire Hurricane'". [[Daily News (New York).
  6. "2013 Golden Reel Award Winners & Nominees: Television". [[Motion Picture Sound Editors]].
  7. (14 January 2013). "ARIA Top 40 Music DVDs". [[Australian Recording Industry Association.
  8. "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 18 January 2013". Hung Medien.
  9. "Musik DVD Top 10". [[IFPI Denmark]].
  10. "Irish Charts". [[Irish Recorded Music Association.
  11. "DVD Musicali – Classifica settimanale WK 31 (dal 28-07-2014 al 03-08-2014)". [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]].
  12. "Sveriges Officiella Toppista". [[Sverigetopplistan]].
  13. "Swiss Charts – Music DVD Top 10 20 January 2013". Hung Medien.
  14. "2013-01-19 Top 40 Music Video Archive". [[Official Charts Company]].
  15. "2013-05-30 Top 40 Music Video Archive".
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