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Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards

The original rude boys of British rock, The Rolling Stones, tour America, culminating in a death at Altamont.

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, David Maysles

Release Date: December 6, 1970

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DVD Release Date: August 10, 2000

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  • mjgildea
    April 18, 2007
    mjgildea
    The stabbing at Altamont was pretty crazy and is the highlight of Gimme Shelter. Another reason to watch is the part where Mick Jagger asks the crowd, "who wants to fight" in some reverse psychological way. Hilarious. But if you take only one thing away from Gimme Shelter, it wil...( read more)l be that The Rolling Stones were not and are not a live band. All in all, pretty anticlimactic.
  • Collegekid
    January 16, 2007
    Collegekid
    ok Flick, did you know that George Lucas worked on it?
  • cacutshaw
    February 8, 2008
    cacutshaw
    The Hells Angel put an end to the love era at a Rolling Stones concert. Watching an accident just waiting to happen.
  • scottydgibbs
    October 17, 2009
    scottydgibbs
    the rolling stones wantedto put on a free gig in california, heres the results, at a time just after woodstock, theshow was put onat a speedway ground, outside san francisco, and over 300.000 peopleshowed up, here we see the stones put on the show, we also see the events during t...( read more)he day,the organisation of event,or lack of it. watching the violence and hippy love brewing. the hells angels security,probely part of the blame, scenes of beatings,by the group,and fans misbeaving. the outcome of event was a fan dying from a stab wound,what was the cause its hard to tell, but there is clearly a blame pushed towards security, the documentary all footage shot is captivating throughout,and with footage of stones away fromevent,watching it back,is good to see, mick on stage telling audience,calmdown,and many other moments make this documentary a great watch,
  • D1esel6er
    August 9, 2009
    D1esel6er
    This is one of the best Rock Documentaries I've ever seen. The editing and the pacing, it really plays and is structured like a proper Film. Plus some awesome Live footage from one of the greatest Rock Bands in their prime.
  • alexdermer1
    July 3, 2009
    alexdermer1
    A near perfect Stones documentary
  • dvcdavedvc
    March 7, 2009
    dvcdavedvc
    History in the making unfolded before our eyes. The death of a generation.
  • xxxcli213xxx
    December 8, 2008
    xxxcli213xxx
    no thanks not my thing
  • engrymfilm
    October 9, 2008
    engrymfilm
    Mick Jagger at times, looks like Jar Jar Binks
  • briandamage666
    October 2, 2008
    briandamage666
    This film documents The Stones 1969 American tour.
    It also documents hippies acting like assholes, a tweaked out guy charging the stage while firing a gun and ultimately getting stabbed to death and it documents everyone trying to wash their hands of it; The Stones, The Stones ...( read more)management and the festival organizer (who was overheard by a Rolling Stone reporter as saying to the Angels "Fuck the crowd, keep them away from the stage and equipment").
    The Hell's Angels had worked security at The Stones concert in Hyde Park earlier that year without incident. They were hired at Altamont as cheap security, but as the crowd turned into assholes the Angels reacted as you would expect the Hell's Angels to react.
    This film was actually used in court to aquit the Angel who was accused of murdering Meredeth Hunter.
    Meredeth Hunter's death was the fault of the festival organizer, Hunter himself and The Rolling Stones for going on-stage over an hour late, as much as the Angels who were really just trying to protect themselves and everyone on the stage. Of course their way of reacting to a tweaker with a gun may be more extreme than some, but they are Hell's Angels. What reaction would you expect if you were to charge at them firing a gun? In the slow motion footage you do actually see a prospect diving and knocking the gun down and in doing so probably saving Mick Jagger's life. Then Jagger shows his gratitude by claiming he had nothing to do with it or them.

    Altamont aside the movie also contains some footage of a less than stellar performance in New York City and a mobile recording of "Country Honk" (a country version of "Honky Tonk Women") somewhere in the South.

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