The Vegas Job (2006)

Original title

The Who - The Vegas Job

Directed by

Ron de Moraes

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a concert film of the Who performing in Las Vegas in 1999. It documents a notorious internet streaming event that had technical problems.

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What happens

The Vegas Job is a concert film of the Who's performance on October 29, 1999, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the infamous Pixelon launch event. Pixelon claimed that the performance was streamed live over the Internet to over 1 million viewers and to the video screen on One Times Square; it was reported that thousands of viewers were unable to watch the live stream due to technology failures. The DVD was certified Gold in Canada after selling 5,000 units. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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