20 Feet from Stardom (Blu-ray) PG-13
Meet the unsung heroes behind the greatest music of our time.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 31 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 14, 2014
- Originally Released: 2013
- Label: Radius
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Featured: | Lou Adler, Patti Austin, Chris Botti, Merry Clayton, Sheryl Crow, Lisa Fischer, Cissy Houston, Mick Jagger, Gloria Jones, Darlene Love, Bette Midler, Nia Peeples, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Martha Wash, Maxine Waters & Stevie Wonder | |
Directed by | Morgan Neville | |
Director of Photography: | Graham Willoughby |
Entertainment Reviews:
The movie pays a long-overdue tribute to their glorious pipes, but also engages with the disconnection between talent and stardom, and while it isn't exactly an exposé of the music industry, infuriating details emerge.
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Film Comment Magazine
TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM touches on fascinating issues -- Grade: B+
A.V. Club
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Both a sight for sore eyes, and a clearing of blocked ears.
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Herald Sun (Australia)
The Oscar-nominated documentary 20 Feet From Stardom attempts to right this injustice by focusing on [Merry] Clayton and a number of other backup singers whose voices we know, but whose names we often do not.
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Bitch Flicks
Rating: 4/5 --
This is a musical field of dreams high in corn, but also, sometimes, in the epiphanic empowerment and wonder of stardom conferred.
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Financial Times
Their voices are powerful enough to tear you apart and put you back together again, and their stories will do the same.
Los Angeles Times
3.5 stars out of 4 -- Lend your eyes and ears to the likes of Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer and Tata Vega, and get ready to revise your definition of what a star is.
Rolling Stone
Product Description:
Filmmaker Morgan Neville pays homage to some of the greatest vocalists you've never heard of in this documentary. While the lead singers in rock, pop and R&B are the ones who get the glory, knowledgeable music fans will tell you the backing vocalists often add the touches that make a performance truly memorable, and though many backup singers have the respect of their peers in the music business, they're all but unknown to the average listener. TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM pays homage to some of these unsung heroes, including Darlene Love (the uncredited lead voice on some of Phil Spector's most memorable productions of the 1960s); Merry Clayton (who contributed a striking vocal cameo on the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter"); Lisa Fischer (who has appeared on albums by Sting, Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin, as well as touring with the Rolling Stones); and the Waters Family (they sang with Michael Jackson on the album THRILLER and lent their voices to the films THE LION KING and AVATAR). The film also includes interviews with such superstars as Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and Mick Jagger on the role backing vocalists play in music and the music business, while a number of veteran singers share their stories of the ups and downs of their careers. TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM received its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.