| Edition |
DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert. |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical mono rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Documentary films. lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 805 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 805.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; monaural. |
| Language |
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Performer |
Featuring Leon Russell, Jim Franklin, George Jones, Willie Nelson. |
| Credits |
Sound and assistant editing, Maureen Gosling, |
| Note |
Originally produced as a documentary in 1974 |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Filmmaker Les Blank considered this free-form feature documentary about singer-songwriter Leon Russell, filmed between 1972 and 1974 while Blank was living at the Russell/Shelter records recording studio compound on Grand Lake of the Cherokees in NE Oklahoma, but unreleased due to creative differences and music clearance problems, to be one of his greatest accomplishments. Includes scenes of Russell and his band and others performing, both in concert and in the studio. |
| Note |
Special features: Harrod Blank and Leon Russell (the director's son sits down with the musician to talk about the film's long journey, from its production in the early 1970s to its release in 2015); Les Blank (excerpts from 2013 screening of the film); "A film's forty-year journey" (37 min. documentary features interviews with director Les Blank's son Harrod Blank; sound recordist and assistant editor Maureen Gosling; and Jim Franklin, the artist prominently featured in the film); "Out in the woods" (short documentary shot by Maureen Gosling during the two-year filming process at Gand Lake O' the Cherokees in northeastern Oklahoma, presented along with excerpts from letters she wrote to family); Trailers. Insert features an essay by critic Kent Jones. |
| Subject |
Russell, Leon.
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Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Biographical films.
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Filmed performances.
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| Added Author |
Blank, Les, film director, director of photography, editor of moving image work.
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Cordell, Denny, 1943-1995, film producer.
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Russell, Leon, film producer, performer, interviewee (expression)
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Franklin, Jim, 1943- artist, interviewee (expression)
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Jones, George, 1931-2013, performer.
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Nelson, Willie, 1933- performer.
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Gosling, Maureen, recordist, editor of moving image work, interviewee (expression), filmmaker.
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Blank, Harrod, interviewee (expression)
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Jones, Kent, 1964- writer of supplementary textual content.
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Janus Films, presenter, film distributor.
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Les Blank Films, production company.
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Skyhill Films, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Note |
Title appears in item as: Leon Russell in A poem is a naked person |
| ISBN |
9781681431185 |
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1681431181 |
| Standard No. |
715515170116 |
| Music No. |
CC2593D The Criterion Collection |
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