Former pro-skater Stacy Peralta wrote and directed this gem of a film about the birth of vert skating that took place in LA in the 70s. Showing the evolution of skateboarding from the traditional flatland style to the surf-inspired vert style which utilized empty swimming pools and mass amounts of courage. Dogtown is a real ode of love to skating and the intensity of which will even appeal to those not obsessed with the skate scene. Actual footage and retrospective interviews with the original
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DON'T LOOK BACK (1967)
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Live footage shot during Dylan's controversial 1965 concert tour of England. Songs include classics 'Subterranean Homesick Blues', 'Maggie's Farm', 'The Times They Are A' Changin' ' and 'It's All Right Ma I'm Only Bleeding'. The DVD also features performances from Joan Baez, Alan Price and Donovan.
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FRUIT OF THE VINE (1999)
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Join a bunch of obsessed skaters on a road trip to scout out the best pool-riding experiences to be had in America. In addition to excellent, gritty super 8 footage of incredible skating, the film also provides a glimpse of the extreme lengths the pool junkies will go to in order to ride a long deserted pool. After cleaning out decades of muck with a minimum of gear the skaters simply zone out the less appealing nature of some of the environments: the dilapitated Salton Sea area, replete with an
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HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS (1974)
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The re-birth of country music in the 70s is certainly a worthy subject for a documentary. The relationship between the music, the whiskey and the guns meld together seemlessly in this eloquent and elegant film about the small town lives that breathed new life into a dying art - the country and western song. The flashiness of David Allan Coe (who's prison shows make you cringe) contrasts with the simple charm of Townes Van Zandt (who struggles beautifully to juggle a Coke can, a bottle of booze a
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HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT (1986)
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Filmed in 1986 at a Maryland concert arena parking lot before a heavy metal show, this is an unvarnished, fascinating and Spinal Tap..esque anthropological study of American metal heads in their mid-'80s glory. A shed load of extras make up for the feature's 25 minute running time (though the bit with one now middle aged participant's exhaustive explanation of his record collection comes close to a cure for insomnia).
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HEIMA (2007)
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In 2006, having toured the world over in support of their album, Takk, Sigur Ros returned home to play a series of free, unannounced concerts in Iceland. Heima is a unique record of that tour filmed in over 13 fantasically and majestically different locations across the island, taking in the biggest and smallest shows of the band's career.
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JACK JOHNSON: THE SEPTEMBER SESSIONS (2003)
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Jack Johnson's first break into the public music arena was when his composition 'Rodeo Clowns' was chosen to be G-ILove and Special Sauce's first single off their 1999 album 'Philadelphonic'. He had long been a huge figure in the surfing world, having been born and raised in Hawaii. He fast became a renowned surfer and scored a pro contract with Quiksilver before he had left high school. His implicit creativity led him to study and graduate with a degree in film at Santa Barbara. This then led t
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LED ZEPPELIN: DVD (2003)
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The rock bands rock band, Led Zeppelin have influenced just about every guitar heavy pop group (both the great and the grim) since their spectacular rise to super stardom at the beginning of the 1970s. This double disk compilation features lovingly restored, previously unseen footage from the Royal Albert Hall in 1970 up to what would prove to be their final UK concerts at Knebworth in 1979 and as it is produced by the great Jimmy Page you just know its a blinder; Though curiously 'Stairway To H
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LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH WITH A PIN / CUTLERS LAST STAND (2004)
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An affectionate tribute to the Glasgow-born Cutler, Britain's best kept secret, featuring a mix of his poetry, music, painting and comedy. The documentary is followed by a recording of him performing some of his work, shortly before he pasta wee...
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MCLIBEL (2005)
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When THE fast food chain issued a libel action against activists Helen Steel and Dave Morris in 1990, demanding an apology for allegations they had made in a leaflet, the corporate giant didn't expect the pair to not only refuse to apologise, but to actually invite McBully to bring it on. Absolutely nobody expected it to take 15 years and a victory for the pair at the European Court of Human Rights for the case to come to an end. Here the whole story is told with the requisite amount of humour
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