Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Movies

Saturday Night Live: Lost and Found - SNL in the '80s documents a turbulent decade for the long-running sketch comedy show. The eighties began without creator Lorne Michales at the helm, but still produced Eddie Murphy. By the middle of the decade Michaels returned, but his first season back was a bumpy one for both fans and critics. This program features famous skits by a number of popular performers including Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz, and Phil Hartman. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Both as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist, George Harrison was one of the best loved and most influential musicians of his generation, and when he died November 29, 2001, after a long battle with cancer, it was a tremendous blow to the many great artists who were his friends and collaborators. A year to the day after his passing, a handful of pop music royalty who had known and worked with Harrison staged a special concert at London's Royal Albert Hall to play his music and honor his art and memory. Concert for George is a documentary which presents highlights from the Harrison memorial concert, featuring performances by Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty and the Heartberakers, Jeff Lynne, Billy Preston, Jools Holland, Sam Brown, and Joe Brown. A portion of the profits from the film's release will be donated to The Material World Foundation, a charitable organization founded by Harrison. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

In 1999, veteran rocker Tom Petty and his band the Heartbreakers played an epic 20-night stand at San Francisco's historic Fillmore West auditorium, in which they treated audiences to new material as well as highlights from their over 20 years as one of America's great rock bands. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: High Grass Dogs -- Live From the Fillmore is a live video culled from the group's San Francisco concert series; they perform 18 songs, including "Free Girl Now," "Swingin'," "Free Fallin'," "Running Down a Dream," "Even the Losers," "Breakdown," and "Jamming Me." Rock legend Bo Diddley also stops by to join in on his classic song "Mona." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Corresponding with the "greatest hits" audio release of the same name, this Tom Petty video compilation covers the entire breadth of the singer/songwriter's career, including his solo efforts. Petty has long been an acclaimed innovator in the field of music videos; among other clips, Playback features the award-winning Alice in Wonderland homage "Don't Come around Here No More," directed by Jeff Stein; "Free Fallin'"; and "Into the Great Wide Open," which stars Johnny Depp. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

This 1989 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide

Concert footage of both Dylan and Petty directed by Gillian Armstrong. ~ All Movie Guide

This 1983 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Howard Hesseman and features musical guest Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide

In 1976, Ivan Kral was a Czech exile who was struggling to make a name for himself as musician and filmmaker when he joined the Patti Smith Group and became friendly with underground filmmaker Amos Poe. Poe and Kral were both interested in the punk rock scene that was just beginning to emerge in New York City at venues like CBGB and Max's Kansas City, and they began bringing cameras to shows, shooting silent footage of bands who were beginning to develop potent reputations in the rock underground, including Talking Heads, Blondie, the Ramones, the Heartbreakers, and of course, the Patti Smith Group. Poe and Kral married their silent footage with live tapes or demo recordings of the bands (most of whom had yet to release a record) to create a deliberately rough audio-visual record of the burgeoning punk scene. The result, Blank Generation, is a fascinating bit of musical archeology, preserving for the ages the earliest moments of what would become one of the most important and influential movements in the history of rock & roll. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide