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Gimme Shelter (1970)

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This musical documentary concerns the Rolling Stones and their tragic free concert at Altamont Speedway near San Francisco in early December 1969. The event was all but destroyed by violence that marked the end of the peace and love euphoria of the 1960s. The night began smoothly, with the supercharged Flying Burrito Brothers opening up for the Rolling Stones and performing the truck-driving classic "Six Days on the Road" and Tina Turner giving a sensually charged performance. But on this

Aug 10, 2000

Roxie Releasing

All Critics (32) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (26) | Rotten (0) | DVD (18)

This is a seminal rock doc, and the actual music is only a small part of the magic.

February 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | Comment
Dallas Morning News
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... put a frame around the notorious Altamont Speedway free concert that became the grim bookend to the decade.

December 6, 2009 Full Review Source: Seanax.com | Comment
Seanax.com

This seminal docu of the Rolling Stones free concert, in which a black youth was stabbed by Hell's Angels, raises crucial questions about cinema verite style, moral ambiguity, complicity, and mass behavior.

June 30, 2009 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Essential.

March 18, 2009 Comment
ColeSmithey.com

The most fascinating aspect about the film is how it traces the anatomy of the disaster that was Altamont.

December 29, 2006 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

Though upsetting, the film remains an eye-opening eyewitness report on the counterculture experience in its decline.

November 29, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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A disturbing time capsule that showcases the anti-Woodstock

September 5, 2003 Comment
Lawrence Journal-World

This look at the Rolling Stones' disastrous concert at Altamont is so chilling it will prevent anyone from ever looking back at the 1960s with rose-colored glasses.

March 28, 2003 Comment
Nitrate Online
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A stunning time capsule, capturing it's era perfectly. At times you forget that it is at it's core a Rolling Stones concert film, due to the fact that a lot of time is dedicated to observing the setup and crowd (hippy excess and Hell's Angels confusion/brutality). The fact that the Maysles' were able to capture on film

November 15, 2007
YLOWBSTARDreturns

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Maysels do it again.

July 14, 2007
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