Blood, Sweat & Tears Movies
- 2008
Tom Jones: This Is Tom Jones features numerous highlights from the Welsh singer's variety show. The collection includes appearances by a number of popular musical acts including The Who, Aretha Franklin, and Joe Cocker. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tom Jones, Sammy Davis, Jr., (more)
- 1989
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Psychedelic guru Timothy Leary is your host for this documentary, which chronicles a 1989 concert that reunited several of the acts who played at the fabled Woodstock Music and Art Fair, along with several other artists who rose to fame in the late '60s and early '70s. 20 Years After: A Woodstock Reunion Concert includes performances from Melanie, Country Joe McDonald, Canned Heat, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Mark Farner (formerly of Grand Funk Railroad), and more. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Some of the biggest names in the history of jazz perform live in this concert film that captures some of the highlights of the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival. Released by Stroyville DVD, Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 includes such songs as "Woman (Shake Your Booty)" by Etta James and the Outlaws, "Ichano" by the Chuck Mangione Quartet, and "Billie's Bounce" by Bill Evans, Marian McPartland, John Lewis, and Patrice Rushen. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gene Norman, Akiyoshi-Tabackin Big Band, (more)
The Owl and the Pussycat began life as a two-character Broadway play by Bill Manhoff, about a stuffy author who entered into an explosive relationship with his neighbor, a foulmouthed, freewheeling prostitute. Manhoff wrote the part of the hooker for a black actress, but all that changed when Barbra Streisand was cast in the role for the film version. George Segal portrays the male lead, and the play's two-character austerity was expanded to a cast of 19 speaking parts. Beyond the added characters (including Robert Klein as Segal's swinging roommate), the heart and soul of the film is the Segal-Streisand relationship; he is utterly appalled by her lifestyle, she is turned off by his prudishness, and both are made for each other. The Owl and the Pussycat was adapted for the screen by Buck Henry, who shows up in a cameo role in one of the bookstore scenes. The film represented the last work of cinematographer Harry Stradling, who'd previously photographed Streisand in Funny Girl; Stradling died during production, and was replaced by Ernest Laszlo. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Barbra Streisand, George Segal, (more)
