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These people are called simply 'Brits' (The English, the Scottish, the Northern Irish or the Gazzas, etc - all the rest expect the Irish citizens). The Brits are important because they brought us football, Monty Python, The Rolling Stones, and Real Ale.

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When would you guess the film will be released on DVD. As I live in Ireland, it will probably not get a cinema release here. It would be a perfect Christmas present, to myself.

I would think that it comes out sometime before christmas. Could be October or November or something like that.

I think you could get it in Irish theaters. This is from IMdb:

Country Date
Germany 7 February 2008 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Germany 4 April 2008
Iceland 4 April 2008
USA 4 April 2008
Netherlands 10 April 2008
UK 11 April 2008
France 16 April 2008
Finland 18 April 2008
Australia 24 April 2008
Belgium 28 May 2008


It says UK 11 April. Ireland is in the UK. So start saving money for it my man.

You're telling someone from Ireland that hes living in the UK?

Not unless your time machine has taken you back 87 years.....

Ireland isn't in the UK? My knowledge seems to have holes. Enlighten me please. Isn't UK the all the isles in that area? Britannia = UK?

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Will anyone be there?


122 minutes (!)
Opening Ceremony
Shine A Light | Shine A Light

D: Martin Scorsese USA 2008
English
out of competition
Thu Feb 07 19:00 Berlinale Palast (D)

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Chuck Berry preparing for tonights Goldene Kamera awards.
Robert De Niro and others are in town...
[www.goldenekamera.de]

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These people are called simply 'Brits' (The English, the Scottish, the Northern Irish or the Gazzas, etc - all the rest expect the Irish citizens). The Brits are important because they brought us football, Monty Python, The Rolling Stones, and Real Ale.

don't forget the welsh. (Wales)
[en.wikipedia.org]

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Highest bid for one of those tix on e-bay is currently 350 euros - that's nuts!!!

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Turd On The Run
Several points:

1. This is the reply I received from the Berlinale;
"As opening film of this year's Berlinale the premiere of "Shine a Light" (7 p.m., Berlinale Palast) is reserved to invited guests. Unfortunately, our contingent of invitations is already depleted. There will take place, though, a second screening open to the public that same evening at 9 p.m., Zoopalast. Tickets will be available in advance sale - online or at Potsdamer Platz Arkaden - from tomorrow on."

2. Beast...thank you for the tip on Darkstars' story. I just read it and it is interesting. I'm a director myself and I just don't buy his theory that it was the ONLY way to do it. Not at all. This is a parallel argument to ablett's claim that "Well, you can either have the front row full of top notch totty (bound to perk the band up?) OR 3 rows of balding beer bellies all wearing either the IORR shirt or those fetching day glo green numbers?". Both are bogus arguments.

First of all...I've been to many Stones concerts in the last tour(s) and at several I was front row or near the front. The crowd was aways a glorious mix of young and old and everything in between. Some "balding with beer bellies" but lots of attractive younger fans equally as devoted and excited. In my opinion, this is a wonderful and unique blending of the generations and an ode to the power of music in general - and this band in particular - to bring people of disparate backgrounds and ages together in a communion of bliss and exhilaration. The Stones are almost singular in their power to do this. As a director, why would you NOT show this marvelous mix of generations? Why would you NOT tap into this unique feature of the band's appeal? Why would you opt for the artifice of a paid audience of mannequins and actors to populate the area where usually the most dedicated and REPRESENTATIVE and INTERESTING mix of Stones fans (at a GA show, of course, as were the Beacon shows) stand? The fundamental dishonesty of such a decision is an elemental misreading of what makes the Rolling Stones interesting in 2008.

Which leads me to the comments from Darkstar that this was the only way to film the Stones due to the demands of the camera work. Wrong. Through a lottery you make clear to the people (real fans - that also could be 'chosen' and 'cast') in the front that there will be vigorous camera movements that require their full cooperation and concentration. 98.5% of the fans would be proud and thrilled to partake in this venture and would be flexible enough to accommodate any required shifting and moving. That I can guarantee you. And you would get the added benefit of people knowing how special it is and how privileged they are to stand in front of the Stones in such a setting and be regaled with songs such as Shine A Light or Faraway Eyes...and you wouldn't have to cue them...or remind them that these songs are hidden classics...or having them look at each other and wonder if it is time to pretend to know the song and feign enthusiasm.

Furthermore, the basic premise of a Stones concert whose front rows are populated almost exclusively by beautiful young people not only robs the Stones of the honesty and love they have for AND from their fans, it opens them to ridicule of the most needless kind.

3. Great thanks to Rocky Dijon for his set lists. I hope they release a double-disk soundtrack CD...a single disk would be a disservice to fans.

4. I disagree with Gazza...L&G is a really fine film...it is pure, distilled Rolling Stones stage prowess. A great, unalloyed document of the Stones stripped down to what matters. The music. Future generations will be able to watch it and understand why The Stones are called the Greatest Rock and Roll band. And viewing @#$%& Blues in conjunction to L&G gives the real fan a perfect 360° view of the greatest rock tour of all time.

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austin?? what did i miss? what date?

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It would appear that the American premier is in Austin in March. New York City seems to be just another American city where it will play beginning April 4.

I went to the film festival website and I could not find (though after a cursory look) where the Stones were even mentioned - someone please correct me.
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