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Part concert, part history lesson, part summit meeting, and all blues, Lightning in a Bottle puts a bright spotlight on this quintessential American music. There are some heavy hitters at work here, both behind the camera (Martin Scorsese executive produced, while the film was directed by Antoine Fuqua of Training Day and King Arthur) and especially in front of it, with a superb house band and a mind-boggling array of musicians (including B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Solomon Burke, Keb' Mo', Macy Gray, the Neville Brothers, Robert Cray, and John Fogerty, to name but a few) performing at New York's Radio City Music Hall in February, 2003. The idea was to trace the music from its beginnings; thus we get an African song (by Angelique Kidjo), some early gospel blues (the great Mavis Staples), acoustic Delta blues, and so on, right up to blues-drenched electric rock and even some rap (a riveting version of Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor" by Chuck D.). Virtually all of the immortals who defined the blues (Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and even Jimi Hendrix, whose fiery style is re-enacted by Buddy Guy) enter the picture, either through vintage film clips or new performances of their songs. One might wish for more insight into the influence of the blues on jazz (Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit," sung here by India.Arie, is a fine song, but it's not a blues tune) or country, but overall, Lightning in a Bottle is an edifying and, most important, highly entertaining portrait of the music and its heritage.

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9317731025754
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Actor
Chuck D., Gregg Allman, Levon Helm, B.B. King, Bill Cosby, Martin Scorsese, Solomon Burke, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Mavis Staples
Director
Antoine Fuqua
Rating
PG
Studio
Sony Pictures
Format
DVD
Release Year
2003
Language
English
Movie/TV Title
Lightning in a Bottle
Type
Dvd
Run Time
105 Mins
Genre
Musicals & Broadway

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Number of Discs
1
Distributor
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd

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