Coldplay Movies
In 1970, a music aficionado and entrepreneur named Michael Eavis staged a "pop, folk, and blues" festival on a dairy farm in the English community of Glastonbury, not far from Stonehenge. 1,500 attended the "Glastonbury Fayre," and a second festival followed in 1971. By 2005, The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts had grown into the biggest pop music festival in the world, playing host to the biggest names in rock, reggae, electronic, blues, and world music for a crowd of up to 150,000 people over the course of a three-day weekend in June. Filmmaker Julien Temple offers a backstage look at the history of this event, as well as a cross section of the memorable performances which have taken place on the festival's stage in the documentary Glastonbury. Performers featured in archival footage include R.E.M., David Bowie, New Order, Radiohead, Coldplay, the Velvet Underground, Nick Cave, Oasis, Blur, Björk, and many more. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Eavis, T. Rex, (more)
- 2005
This 2005 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Lindsay Lohan and features musical guest Coldplay. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lindsay Lohan, Coldplay, (more)
This documentary takes a look at the band Coldplay through interviews with its members and candid footage of the band. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
This two-disc set from Capitol captures the Brit-pop rock band Coldplay live in concert during their Rush of Blood to the Head tour. Recorded in July of 2003, the 90-minute film is compliled from Super 16 mm footage shot during their shows at the Horden Pavilion in Sydney, Australia. The DVD also includes web links, a 40-minute behind-the-scenes documentary, and a tour diary with multiple angle options. Presented with a widescreen anamorphic transfer and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound in English. The second disc is an audio CD containing the 70-minute live concert with 12 tracks. Includes the previously unreleased tracks "Moses" and "The One I Love." ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Coldplay
Coldplay Unauthorized is a 48-minute documentary about the British pop band Coldplay. Starting with its early days in the London pub scene, the film looks at the group's rise to stardom and the evolution of frontman Chris Martin. Coldplay Unauthorized contains no original music by Coldplay whatsoever. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
When Rodney Bingenheimer was just a teenager -- a diminutive, long-haired kid who was picked on a lot -- his mother, a divorced autograph hound, dropped him off in front of the home of actress Connie Stevens and essentially said, "Good luck." Stevens was on location shooting a movie and Bingenheimer says he didn't see his mother again for five or six years after that. The Mayor of the Sunset Strip, a documentary by George Hickenlooper (Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse), tracks Bingenheimer's rise from the 1960s, when he was a groupie -- eventually landing his first show-business job as a double for Davy Jones on The Monkees -- through stints as a successful club owner and influential DJ to his current status as a fading musical icon. The film takes us from the innocent pop of Brian Wilson and Sonny & Cher through the raucous heyday of L.A.'s punk scene and beyond. Hickenlooper also delves into Bingenheimer's relationships, showing him mourning his neglectful and unbalanced, but beloved, mother and visiting with his father, who never attempted to make contact with Bingenheimer after his mother abandoned him. He also pines for a close friend, Camille Chancery, and helps out a seemingly hopeless middle-aged wannabe rock star, Ronald Vaughan. While Bingenheimer used his skills as a consummate hanger-on and his genuine enthusiasm for rock & roll to become a central figure in the L.A. music scene for a couple of decades and is lauded in the film for his good taste and good nature by celebrities from Cher to David Bowie to Gwen Stefani, his current life is shown to be somewhat sad and lonely. The Mayor of the Sunset Strip is chock full of cameos and features a star-studded soundtrack. It was shown at the 2003 New York Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rodney Bingenheimer
- 2001
This 2001 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Alec Baldwin and features musical guest Coldplay. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alec Baldwin, Coldplay, (more)
