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26 April 1970 (USA) morePlot:
Godard's documentation of late 1960's western counter-culture, examining the Black Panthers, referring to works by LeRoi Jones and Eldridge Cleaver... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
Still Rolling: 40 Years of the Rolling Stones on Film - "Gimme Shelter" (From IFC. 10 April 2008, 8:25 AM, PDT)User Comments:
Pretentious and Boring Mess moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mick Jagger | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones | |
| Brian Jones | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones | |
| Keith Richards | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones (as Keith Richard) | |
| Charlie Watts | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones | |
| Bill Wyman | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones | |
| Anne Wiazemsky | ... | Eve Democracy | |
| Iain Quarrier | ... | Fascist porno book seller | |
| Frankie Dymon | ... | Black power militant | |
| Sean Lynch | ... | Commentary (voice) | |
| Danny Daniels | ... | Black power militant | |
| Illario Pedro | |||
| Roy Stewart | ... | Black power militant | |
| Linbert Spencer | |||
| Tommy Ansah | (as Tommy Ansar) | ||
| Michael McKay |
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100 minCountry:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
UK:15 (re-rating) (1997) | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:MA | Argentina:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1997) (uncut) | UK:X (original rating) (cut)Filming Locations:
London, England, UKMOVIEmeter: 
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Director Cameo: [Jean-Luc Godard]In the final scene, Godard can be seen running on the beach in a blue raincoat and a white tennis hat. He pours red paint from a bottle onto Anne Wiazemsky, before she is lifted by the crane in the final shot. moreFAQ
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In the 60's, having as the background the rehearsal and recording of "Sympathy for the Devil" in the classic album "Beggar's Banquet" by the revolutionary bad boy Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Brian Jones plus Marianne Faithful, Godard discloses other contemporary revolutionary and ideological movements the Black Power through the Black Panthers, the feminism, the communism, the fascism - entwined with the reading of a cheap pulp political novel divided in the chapters: "The Stones Rolling; "Outside Black Novel"; "Sight and Sound"; "All About Eve"; "The Heart of Occident"; "Inside Black Syntax"; and, "Under the Stones the Beach".
"Sympathy for the Devil" is another pretentious and boring mess of the uneven director Jean-Luc Godard. The narrative and the footages are awful, but fortunately I love the Stones and "Sympathy for the Devil" and it is nice to see them in the beginning of their careers; otherwise this documentary would be unbearable. My vote is three.
Title (Brazil): "Sympathy for the Devil"