The retaliate like a wild animals. Armed with pool cues and knifes, Angels spent the concert beating up spectators, killing at least one. A pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by her stepmother and forced to survive on the streets until a compassionate stranger offers a hopeful alternative.

About 300,000 people came, and the organizers put Hell's Angels in charge of security around the stage. But, then comes Altamont. If the foundations of WOODSTOCK were to give us any hope in a hippie ideal, they were not there for THE ROLLING STONES.

A harrowing documentary of the Stones' 1969 tour, with much of the focus on the tragic concert at Altamont. You've got all the evidence to believe that flower children were as stupid as portrayed in their modern context. They get angry and they get picked on. A free concert, it is the Stones' idea and it was meant to be the Woodstock of the West (Woodstock having occurred four months earlier). Part of the problem is that the Stones hired the Hells Angels as security. A harrowing documentary of the Stones' 1969 tour, with much of the focus on the tragic concert at Altamont. Gimme Shelter, a documentary on some of their 1969 concert material, interestingly weaves the concert footage with a little mayhem that was occurring at one of their concerts, that ultimately ended in tragedy. Use the HTML below. But don't point it at Mick Jagger.
A free concert, it is the Stones' idea and it was meant to be the Woodstock of the West (Woodstock having occurred four months earlier). New York City.

A harrowing documentary of the Stones' 1969 tour, with much of the focus on the tragic concert at Altamont. A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival. Other bands performing included Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Ike and Tina Turner, Crosby Stills Nash and Young and Santana. The peace and love era of the 60s was over.In December of 1969, four months after Woodstock, the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane gave a free concert in Northern California, east of Oakland at Altamont Speedway. Four relentless door-to-door salesmen deal with constant rejection, homesickness and inevitable burnout as they go across the country selling very expensive bibles to low-income Catholic families. A harrowing documentary of the Stones' 1969 tour, with much of the focus on the tragic concert at Altamont. A film account and presentation of the final concert of It is one of the coolest moments I have yet to witness on celluloid.Looking for some great streaming picks? The other problem was that a large portion of the crowd were high on drugs. Directed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin.

Directed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin. Gimme Shelter (1970) The fickle nature of documentary production has caused some drastic changes in course for more than a few filmmakers over the years, with the random nature of real life often causing a shift in subject matter entirely during production. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Mick Jagger testifying to their culpability in the wake of the Altamont free concert disaster. Gimme Shelter est un film réalisé par David Maysles et Charlotte Zwerin avec The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger. The Hells Angels are brutal. 36 of 50 people found this review helpful. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. An innovative concert movie for the rock group The Talking Heads. An old mother and her middle-aged daughter, the aunt and cousin of We see footage of their concerts and of them making the Sticky Fingers album in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Called the greatest rock film ever made, this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. With Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts. Other bands performing included Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Ike and Tina Turner, Crosby Stills Nash and Young and Santana.

However, it is far from being the peace and love of Woodstock. A documentary on the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour and the tragic events that concluded it.
The 1970 documentary Gimme Shelter, directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, captures the end of that tour.

This part is frightening. The 1970 documentary film Gimme Shelter, directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, chronicling the last weeks of the Stones' 1969 US tour and culminating in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert, took its name from the song. Part of the problem is that the Stones hired the Hells Angels as security. You've got British concert promoters playing the stereotypes to a tee. I can't get enough of Mick Jagger in his prime.

A harrowing documentary of the Stones' 1969 tour, with much of the focus on the tragic concert at Altamont.A documentary on the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour and the tragic events that concluded it.

With Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts.

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