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Crossfire Hurricane (2012)

Crossfire Hurricane poster
Directed by
Brett Morgen
Genre
documentary film, rockumentary
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 63 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers the Rolling Stones from their early days up through 1981. It uses interview audio over archival footage instead of on-camera interviews.

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What happens

Crossfire Hurricane is a 2012 documentary film about the Rolling Stones written and directed by Brett Morgen. The film chronicles the early years of the band through to 1981. The film is a series of interviews conducted without cameras, while showing various points of interest that the band is discussing as archival footage. The title of the film comes from the first line of the band's 1968 hit "Jumpin' Jack Flash". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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