The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story (2001)

Directed by

John Edginton

Genre

documentary film, rockumentary

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Syd Barrett, the original leader of Pink Floyd. Band members and others share their memories and perspectives on his life and career. It includes rare footage and home movies.

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What happens

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story is a 2001 television documentary produced by Otmoor Productions for BBC Two's Omnibus series and originally called Syd Barrett: Crazy Diamond (in the US, a slightly modified version aired as Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett in the VH1 Legends series in January 2002). Directed by John Edginton, the film includes interviews with all the Pink Floyd members – Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright – plus the "fifth Pink Floyd", Bob Klose, who left the band in 1965, getting their points of view on the original band founder Syd Barrett. The film includes rare early television appearances of Pink Floyd, and home movies. The film was first released on DVD on 24 March 2003. In 2021, the director and archivist, John Edginton, retrieved the original interview tapes and released them in full on his YouTube channel in a playlist/podcast titled Pink Floyd Interviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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