Shine a Light (2008)

Directed by

Martin Scorsese

Genre

rockumentary, music documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 182 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Martin Scorsese captures the Rolling Stones in concert at a small New York theater in 2006. The film mixes live performance footage with archival clips from the band's long career.

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What happens

Shine a Light is a 2008 concert film directed by Martin Scorsese documenting the Rolling Stones' 2006 Beacon Theatre performances during their A Bigger Bang Tour. The film also includes archive footage from the band's career and makes use of digital cinematography for backstage sequences, the first time Scorsese used the technology in a film. The film takes its title from the song of the same name, featured on the band's 1972 album Exile on Main St. A soundtrack album was released in April 2008 on the Universal label. It is the final film to be distributed by Paramount Classics, as the company subsequently merged into its sister company Paramount Vantage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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