Shine a Light: The IMAX Experience
On April 4, 2008, an Academy Award®-winning filmmaker and the world's greatest rock n' roll band will unite to bring audiences the year's most extraordinary musical film event, SHINE A LIGHT, to theaters everywhere.
Martin Scorsese's concert documentary SHINE A LIGHT will show the world the Rolling Stones as they've never been seen before. Filming at the famed Beacon Theatre in New York City in fall 2006, Scorsese assembled a legendary team of cinematographers to capture the raw energy of the legendary band.
SHINE A LIGHT: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese, has been digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience® through proprietary IMAX DMR® technology.
Film Info
- Type: Documentary
- Release date: April 4, 2008
- Run time: 122 minutes
- Format: 1570
- Genre: Concert/Music, Shot in 35mm
- Director(s): Martin Scorsese
- Producer(s): Victoria Pearman, Michael Cohl, Zane Weiner, Steve Bing
- Distributor: Paramount Pictures
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Credits
Paramount Classics in association with Concert Production International and Shangri-La Entertainment. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Producers: Victoria Pearman, Michael Cohl, Zane Weiner, Steve Bing. Executive Producers: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood. Co-executive Producer: Jane Rose. Director of Photography: Robert Richardson, ASC. Concert Set Design: Mark Fisher. Concert Lighting Design: Patrick Woodroffe. Editor: David Tedeschi. Starring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood with Christina Aguilera, Buddy Guy, Jack White III.
Reviews
BMZ Reviews:
Big Stones By Ross Anthony
Outside Reviews:
"Rolling Stones rock in Scorsese documentary" By Catherine Hickley, International Herald-Tribune
"It’s Only a Rock ’n’ Roll Documentary (But I Like It!)" By Andrew Sarris, The New York Observer
"Shine a Light" By Jeremiah Kipp, Slant Magazine
"'Shine a Light' (Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones concert film)" By Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
"Shine a Light: Some Country for Old Men" By Camille Dodero, The Village Voice
BMZ User Reviews
Latest Review:
Rating: Excellent
Posted by: Guest
This was an excellent experience. I've seen the Stones a half dozen times live and this show was just as much fun as any Stones concert I've been to except the first, when Stevie Wonder was the opening act.
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