The White Stripes Movies
Filmmaker Drew Thomas brings California's popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to the screen with a different kind of musical documentary that not only showcases performances by some of the hottest acts to take the stage, but offers interviews with such musical icons as Beck, Joshua Homme, Mos Def, and Perry Farrell as well. From English icon Morrissey's performance at the inaugural Coachella Festival back in 1999 to Canadian indie rockers the Arcade Fire's electric 2005 set, the musical acts featured here run the gamut from hip-hop to alternative and virtually everything in between. Other artists featured include the Pixies, the Flaming Lips, Kool Keith, Radiohead, Saul Williams, and Squarepusher. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
The final days of one of the truly legendary figures of British rock & roll are explored in this biographical drama, which marks the directorial debut of veteran producer Stephen Woolley. Brian Jones (played by Leo Gregory) was one of the founding members of the Rolling Stones, and his incisive blues guitar style, broad range of musical influences, and striking blond good looks helped establish him as part of the true royalty of the British music scene. But by 1969, Jones' life had begun to spiral out of control; his appetite for drugs made him wildly unreliable, his arrests for possession of marijuana prevented the Stones from touring the United States, his bandmates Mick Jagger (Luke de Woolfson) and Keith Richards (Ben Whishaw) had grown tired of working with him (and envious of the attention he received in the press), and his longtime paramour Anita Pallenberg (Monet Mazur) had become involved with fellow Stone Richards. Worried about Jones' drug abuse, the band's tour manager, Tom Keylock (David Morrissey), hires middle-aged carpenter Frank Thorogood (Paddy Considine) to do some repairs at Jones' estate, but also asks him to look after the musician and try to keep him away from dope. Keylock underestimates the power of Brian's personality, and before long, the straight-arrow Thorogood is Jones' household manservant and partner in hedonism, through Thorogood begins to chafe at the emotional games Jones enjoys playing with his new companion. Stoned was adapted in part from three different books on Brian Jones and the Rolling Stones as well as recently uncovered interviews with people who claim to have been involved in Brian Jones' death. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Leo Gregory, Paddy Considine, (more)
- 2003
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This British-made documentary covers the rise of the Detroit's candy-colored duo the White Stripes. Featuring such town luminaries as Wendy Case (singer for the Paybacks) and producer extraordinaire Jim Diamond, the special tracks everything from their early days at Motor City clubs like the The Gold Dollar to the meteoric blast into celebrity status which followed them through their first four albums. Since it's a Chrome Dreams unauthorized release (the same people behind the cheap Maximum interview discs), Candy Coloured Blues, not surprisingly, holds no original music of the two piece, but does feature some catchy tunes by a few other acts -- most notably the catchy Detroit-area rockers the Riots. Through mostly interviews and still photography, topics such as recording techniques and the controversy surrounding their marriage certificate are all discussed to a brief extent. Indeed, this one lives up to its "unauthorized" title, but should be a good slice of hype history long after the band is done and over with. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- The White Stripes
- 2002
This 2002 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John McCain and features musical guest The White Stripes. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John McCain, The White Stripes, (more)
