20 Feet from Stardom PG-13

Meet the unsung heroes behind the greatest music of our time.
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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 31 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: January 14, 2014
  • Originally Released: 2013
  • Label: Radius

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User Ratings: 13,470
Rating: 4/5 -- No murders or revolutions necessary in this well-constructed and moving exploration of great talents who deserve their dues. Full Review
One Room With A View
Jun 17, 2019
TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM touches on fascinating issues -- Grade: B+
A.V. Club
Jun 13, 2013
[A] rousing and revelatory tribute that puts a much-deserved radiant face on those under-sung background singers that many of us have been humming along to for all these years.
Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 28, 2013
Rating: 3/5 -- The parade of incredible women, the stream of songs you won't believe they sang on, and those irresistible voices belting out keep the rhythm going through the schmaltz, even if the conductor seems to have dropped his hymn book. Full Review
CineVue
Mar 7, 2019
The movie pays a long-overdue tribute to their glorious pipes, but also engages with the disconnection between talent and stardom, and while it isn't exactly an exposé of the music industry, infuriating details emerge. Full Review
Film Comment Magazine
Aug 28, 2019
3.5 stars out of 4 -- Director Morgan Neville intersperses concert footage with intimate interviews in a rousing celebration of these unsung heroes and their nimble vocal instruments.
USA Today
Jun 14, 2013
Artists including Mick Jagger talk about their backing singers -- and the soundtrack is, of course, heavenly. Full Review
Times (UK)
Dec 31, 2017

Product Description:

Filmmaker Morgan Neville pays homage to some of the greatest vocalists you've never heard of in this documentary. While the lead singers in rock, pop and R&B are the ones who get the glory, knowledgeable music fans will tell you the backing vocalists often add the touches that make a performance truly memorable, and though many backup singers have the respect of their peers in the music business, they're all but unknown to the average listener. TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM pays homage to some of these unsung heroes, including Darlene Love (the uncredited lead voice on some of Phil Spector's most memorable productions of the 1960s); Merry Clayton (who contributed a striking vocal cameo on the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter"); Lisa Fischer (who has appeared on albums by Sting, Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin, as well as touring with the Rolling Stones); and the Waters Family (they sang with Michael Jackson on the album THRILLER and lent their voices to the films THE LION KING and AVATAR). The film also includes interviews with such superstars as Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and Mick Jagger on the role backing vocalists play in music and the music business, while a number of veteran singers share their stories of the ups and downs of their careers. TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM received its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

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  • UPC: 013132609041
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