John Bonham (II), John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page (II)

The members of Led Zeppelin are called back from vacation by manager Peter Grant to play Madison Square Garden. The film is enhanced by each of the band member's personal fantasies (hallucinations?), ...( read more  read more... )such as the opening scene (which is awfully confusing the first time around) in which Peter Grant, dressed in a 1930s black gangster suit drives a 1930s black Ford to a house and blasts everyone with a machine gun.

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PG, 2 hrs. 16 min.

Directed by: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot (II)

Release Date: October 20, 1976

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  • January 19, 2008
    If you're not a Led Zeppelin fan this won't convert you, but it's worth seeing for John Paul Jones' Puritan haircut alone. The Madison Square Garden concert footage is fantastic but it occasionally suffers from dated, psychedelic optical-effects work; the fantasy sequences are po...( read more)mpous, self-mythologizing and impenetrable, but they do serve the purpose of re-igniting ones interest when the music drifts off into ponderously proggy and self-indulgent territory; the behind-the-scenes documentary footage is half-hearted, less than illuminating and was probably only included to give manager Peter Grant some screen-time. It would have been nice to have seen a bit of the band's pastoral, acoustic side but this is still an important document. Essential viewing for fans.
  • December 31, 2006
    I was really into this (particularly the extended version of Dazed and Confused) in high schoolm but I haven't seen it lately.
  • June 18, 2009
    This film is a little difficult to get into because they are a lot of problems with the actual film. It is worth it for the bands' live performances and it is the only Led Zeppelin movie or concert film. Probably should have been just a live performance film because the in betw...( read more)een stuff alone makes it an awful movie. I will not give this a lower rating because it not easy to right off a band like Zeppelin.
  • May 14, 2009
    Never Before
    A legend In Their Own Time
    Never Again
  • April 4, 2009
    A concert film with some very hilarious (unintentional) fantasy sequences in between songs. This movie is also mildly dated with the psychedelic images. If you don't mind a 20 minutes plus (!?!) version of Dazed & Confused, this is your movie.
  • January 10, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • January 7, 2009
    killer performance. I'm a huge Zep fan and Page rocks the house.
  • December 23, 2008
    The only live Led Zeppelin that was available for a long time....but as a concert film?? It is overlong and I find the fantasy sequences dull and amateurish
  • November 18, 2008
    Good just because it is Zeppelin... But it can be kinda boring...
  • November 11, 2008
    this was my first taste of a concert movie. when I first saw it, I didn't get the weird visuals during the performance (especially Jimmy Page's segment). but after watching it a few times, I became fascinated with it. very cool and trippy

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  • Godlovesrockmusic
    June 18, 2007
    Omg u guys rock so much!!! Led Zeppelin out matched everyone including the Beatles. Jon Bonham's my hero! :) I wish they would go on. They would have put Cozy Powell in at drums when Bonahm died but...sigh...they decided not 2. :(
  • MrsBear1
    May 21, 2007
    Led Zeppelin is the greatest band ever!! Movie is excellent. And for those you who are true Led Zeppelin fans I have made a quiz check it out.
    http://www.flixster.com/user/prtyladyjb69/quiz/led-zeppelin?invitorId=490871134

    ~Stading on a hill in a mountain of dreams, telling myself it's not as hard as it seems...
    Peace & Love,
    Jennifer
  • janicezepp
    May 11, 2007
    Zeppelin has been THE BEST since their first albume in 1969. I love thrm sooo much I have their symbol tatooed on my back & my sons name is Robert. I've been in HEAVY lust with R.P. since the first time I saw the flick. Was he poured into those jeans or what?
  • talien4444
    April 16, 2007
    ROBERT PLANT IS AN ANGEL IN HUMAN FORM..
    HIS MESSAGE OF PEACE THROUGH HIS HEARFELT LYRICS IS
    AMAZING AND HEARTWARMING, AND HE HAS WON ALL OF OUR HEARTS.
  • talien4444
    April 16, 2007
    ROBERT PLANT WAS THE SEED FOR THE PLANTS...
    THE ROCK AND ROLL TULIPS, DAISIES, SUNFLOWERS, VIOLETS
    AND DAFFODILS OF LIFE....HE IS A MASTER OF PEACEFUL
    INTENTIONS, EMOTIONS, AND DREAMS.. HIS HARMONICA PLAYING IS VIBRANT, ETHEREAL, AND ENCHANTING.. COOL EARTH MAN!!

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