Big Smash! Music Scene:
Thurs. Nov. 20 - 7:00PM
TONY PALMER IN PERSON with ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
Parts 11, 12, 14 & 15.
Admission: $10 general / $8 Advance or WFG and Cinematheque members.
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"There is only one Tony Palmer to explore musicians' lives with passion, sensitivity and love." (The Times, London)
In the mid-70s, at the suggestion of John Lennon, the celebrated journalist and film director Tony Palmer (200 MOTELS, CREAM'S FAREWELL CONCERT) decided to document the "Story of Popular Music" and set about interviewing and filming all the major players in the industry at that time, past and present. Even in the mid-70s this was seen as a monumental task, but despite the scale of the undertaking, Tony Palmer made a series of films that set the standard to which all subsequent biographers and documentary makers aspired to.
The critically acclaimed All You Need Is Love was broadcast across the world between 1976 and 1981. But until this year, it was neither commercially released nor repeated on television.
Tony will appear in person to present 4 episodes of this 'Story of Popular Music', which includes interviews with some of the major names of the past 50+ years including John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimi Hendrix, Stephen Sondheim, Benny Goodman, Bing Crosby, Mike Oldfield, The Beach Boys, Tina Turner, Sam Phillips, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Richard Rodgers, Roy Rogers, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Phil Spector, Bill Monroe, Bill Graham, Bill Wyman, Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton and many many more. It has frequently been described as the "definitive music documentary", and is regarded just as highly today as 'cult viewing' as it was over 30 years ago when it was first broadcast.
Tony will be on hand with his DVDs for sale, including the complete 5-disc set of ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE and other rare Tony Palmer films.