Clive Davis Movies
- 2007
Produced by the rocker himself, this documentary from director Gillian Grisman presents a warts-and-all look at Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas. The film follows Thomas as he navigates the showbiz landscape, attempting to create a solo record while maintaining artistic integrity. The process yields mixed results for the musician, who also must tend to his sick wife, Marisol. My Secret Record, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Biz screened at the 2007 Nashville Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- 2003
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Rock legend Rod Stewart looks back at some of the great songs of the 20th century, as well as highlights from his own back catalog, in this concert video in which Stewart is backed by a full orchestra. Rod Stewart: It Had to Be You -- The Great American Songbook includes the songs "The Way You Look Tonight," "They Can't Take That Away From Me," "The Nearness of You," "The Very Thought of You," "Forever Young," "Downtown Train," "Maggie May," and 15 others. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rod Stewart
Fans of boy band O-Town got to watch as the band was assembled from a pool of aspiring vocalists on the reality TV series Making the Band. Now, fans can see what the finished product looks and sounds like performing in front of a live audience with this home video, shot during an O-Town concert at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom. Selections include "All or Nothing," "Liquid Dreams," "We Fit Together," "Sensitive," "Shy Girl," "Love Should Be a Crime," and more. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1998
Diana Ross hosts this four-hour TV special tracing the rise of Berry Gordy's Detroit-based Motown record label during the '60s. Clips were compiled from a variety of sources, including such TV shows as Teen Town, Where the Action Is and It's What's Happening Baby. The history covers the label's leading acts (Temptations, Supremes, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Martha and the Vandellas, Mary Wells, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye) and explores the talents who created the Motown style -- songwriters Holland-Dozier-Holland and Norman Whitfield, choreographer Cholly Atkins, finishing-school director Maxine Powell, arranger Maurice King, and the rhythm section (pianist Earl van Dyke, drummer Ben Benjamin, and bassist James Jamerson). With background on Gordy, the story moves forward into Motown's film/TV production, the solo career of Diana Ross, the Commodores, Teena Marie, Rick James, and many others. Interviews include Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Branford Marsalis, Clive Davis, Jesse Jackson, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, George Schlatter, Julian Bond, Diahann Carroll, RuPaul, and Rod Stewart. The special premiered as a two-parter (February 15th and 19th, 1998) on ABC. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, (more)
