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Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
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Jean-Luc Godard (writer)
Release Date:
22 April 1969 (USA)
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Godard's documentation of late 1960's western counter-culture, examining the Black Panthers, referring to works by LeRoi Jones and Eldridge Cleaver...
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Pretentious and Boring Mess
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sean Lynch | ... | Commentary (voice) |
 | 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 (as Frankie Dymon Jnr.) |
| 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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One Plus One (UK) (director's cut)
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100 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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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)
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Director Jean-Luc Godard was called to England to make a film calling for the legalization of abortion. Shortly after his arrival, though, England relaxed its abortion laws, and his film became unnecessary. Godard agreed to remain in England on the condition that he could make a film with either The Beatles or The Rolling Stones. The Beatles declined the offer, but the Stones promptly accepted, claiming they were avid fans of Godard's work.
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Referenced in "Charmed: Sympathy for the Demon (#5.7)" (2002)
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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"