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R B 04/18/2023 An interesting documentary on the rise and fall of Tower Records. See more 06/22/2021 Colin Hanks needs to put down his "Hanks Kerchiefs" and make more documentaries, as he obviously has a flare for them. This was a great piece of history he's shared with the world, and it really captured the rise and fall of a short lived American business: the record store. Sure, we still have record stores, but let's not pretend Amoeba Music is the standard business model since there is only so long hipsters will continue to pay to materialize their musical idols for home clutter. Future generations will shake their heads at this like, "We only directly stream murder podcasts into our brain sockets, not materialize vinyl to trash our already burdened environment...Oh wait, is that an official Hanks Kerchief?"... See more 09/26/2020 Compelling documentary about a chain that was part of my own history See more david f @dfulmer 04/18/2020 This is a documentary about Tower Records, an international record chain which started in Sacramento in the 60s and grew to encompass the world, with a billion dollars in sales in 1999 before it went bankrupt just a few years later. Many of the executives of the company got there start working as cashiers and shipping clerks in the store and it is through there amazing stories of the company that this film really comes to life. There are tons of old pictures and films of the stores like the one in Los Angeles where Elton John went shopping regularly. When times were good the company kept growing and people lined up to shop there but then digital downloads came along and the international expansion of the chain stretched their resources too much. When the banks brought in their people to run things the company didn't stand a chance and the emotional tales of the interviewees who spent their whole lives working for Tower are a highlight of this film. It's a nostalgic American story about a business which has a special place in the hearts of many. See more 10/11/2019 It's good but feels much more like a love letter rather than a factful docu. It's GREAT to have a POV and based on all of the fond memories of Tower spoken within it feels like it was a place most people would have loved to work. But it doesn't show enough warts. There's no way you grow to be a company that size with nothing but love and good times. I remember the Tower Records on Hollywood Blvd. at the end being nothing more than a typical store with staff members who seemed to hate both their jobs and the general public. The docu makes note of it not being like working at McDonald's when that's exactly what it felt like the employees felt as a person shopping there in the early 00's. It would have been a much better experience to also see the dark side of Tower that certainly must have existed. I loved the docu. It's warm and entertaining. I just would have enjoyed it more if it explored all sides a bit more. See more 02/16/2018 Great documentary on the rise snd fall of the best worldwide neighborhood store. See more Read all reviews

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