Gimme Shelter
Short description
Gimme Shelter documents the Rolling Stones' 1969 tour of the United States, following the band from one performance to the next as the dates build toward a free concert held on December 6 at the Altamont Speedway in California. That event, organized on short notice and attended by a massive crowd, turned chaotic and deadly, and the film treats it as a moment when the optimism associated with the era gave way to disillusionment. Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman appear as themselves, and Marty Balin is among the credited performers. The filmmakers are Charlotte Zwerin, David Maysles and Albert Maysles, working in the documentary style they had already applied to Salesman the previous year. For each of the three directors, Gimme Shelter was the second feature in the sequence of films they made, and the Maysles brothers went on to make Grey Gardens in 1976. Running 92 minutes, the film holds a critics' rating of 9.3 out of 10 from 30 reviews, while audiences rate it 7.3 out of 10 on TMDB and 6.2 out of 10 on IMDb.
What's left behind the scenes
- After reviewing footage of Meredith Hunter's (1951-1969) murder, police identified the killer as Alan Passaro (1948-1985), a member of the "Hell's Angels." Passaro was arrested and charged with murder. However, at trial, it was clearly demonstrated that Hunter had drawn a pistol before Passaro pulled a knife, so Passaro's actions were deemed self-defense, and he was acquitted.
- In the original version of the film, which was shown in theaters, Mick Jagger used profanity on camera in two or three instances. These expressions were removed when the film was broadcast on television.
- George Lucas was one of the cinematographers on this film. Unfortunately, after filming approximately 30 meters of footage, his camera jammed, and all the footage he had shot up to that point was rejected and did not make it into the film – with the exception of one long shot of a crowd of spectators.
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