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Shut Up & Sing (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 102 Fresh: 78  Rotten:24 Average Rating: 7.0/10
 
Consensus: Achieves relevance by exploring how politics and celebrities intertwine. Though ostensibly an intimate look at the Dixie Chicks after their 2003 anti-Bush remark, the film achieves broader relevance by exploring how media, politics, and celebrities intertwine. more
 
Rated: R
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 27, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $1,072,805
Synopsis:
This documentary captures the female country-&-western group the Dixie Chicks in performance around the U.S. and London between the years 2003 and 2006. While performing in 2003, singer Natalie Maines ignited a maelstrom of controversy and red-state outrage when she declared--from a... [More]
This documentary captures the female country-&-western group the Dixie Chicks in performance around the U.S. and London between the years 2003 and 2006. While performing in 2003, singer Natalie Maines ignited a maelstrom of controversy and red-state outrage when she declared--from a London stage on the eve of the Iraqi conflict--that she was ashamed that President George W. Bush was from her home state of Texas. When a rabidly right-wing group picked up on it, the band found themselves in the center of controversy regarding the nature of patriotism, freedom of speech, feminism, and the split between pro- and anti-war Americans. Filmmaker Barbara Kopple brings us the fly-on-the-wall view of the next three years, capturing Haines and sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire in dressing rooms, on stage, and in recording studios, bonding with each other, their families, producer Rick Rubin, and their supportive manager, Simon Renshaw. Through the crises, they keep their sense of humor and sisterhood, not backing down from their liberal stance, and turning the backlash into a triumph. They also make some great music, and the film includes plenty of riveting, intense footage of the band in performance onstage and in the studio. Among the faces appearing in archival footage are President Bush, Bill Maher, and right-wing country star Toby Keith. [Less]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Starring: Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Rick Rubin, George W. Bush

Director: Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
Producer: David Cassidy, Claude Davies, Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 20, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Snap Case
  • Full Frame

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English
  • Dubbed - French - Optional
  • Subtitled - Spanish - Optional

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