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  • Gimme Shelter
  • Opened December 6, 1970 | Runtime:1 hr 31 min
  • R
  • The landmark documentary about the tragically ill-fated Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969. Only four months earlier, Woodstock defined the Love Generation; now it lay in ruins on a desolate racetrack six miles Read More
  • Cast: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor
  • Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
  • Genres: Documentary

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    Gimme Shelter

    by Pserchia

    Gimme Shelter, starring the Rolling Stones, is one of my very favorite films, not just a favorite documentary. I own it on DVD but you can't beat seeing a great movie on the big screen in an audience of film-lovers.

    The screening that I attended at the American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre in Santa Monica featured an appearance by Ronald Schneider, the film's producer. And it was preceded by a "mystery film" that I hoped would be a sneak of the documentary Martin Scorsese is making about the Stones. The mystery film turned out to be Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who, a terrific documentary on another great band.

    So I got a full evening's worth of entertainment. Thank you, Fandango; thank you, Ronald Schneider and thank you, American Cinematheque. Oh yeah, and thank you to the Maysles brothers, who directed Gimme Shelter, for not letting Mick Jagger have his way and removing the murder that took place at 1969 Altamont concert from their film.

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Gimme Shelter Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score 80 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Boston Globe |

    The impact of this stunning film - and the lessons to be learned from it - are...

  • 100
    Miami Herald | Curtis Morgan

    Remains a remarkable, almost timeless study.

  • 100
    Portland Oregonian | Shawn Levy

    Movies don't get any more real than this.

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Remains the only rock & roll film that exerts the saturnine intensity of a...

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