Administrators sam_webmaster Posted August 2, 2012 Administrators Share Posted August 2, 2012 The Song Remains the Same Documentary 136 minutes Directed by Peter Clifton, Joe Massot Starring John Bonham, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Jones, Peter Grant, Derek Skilton, Colin Rigdon, Jason Bonham, Patricia Bonham, Roy Harper, Karic Plant, Carmen Plant. Filmed in 1973 over the course of a three-night stand at New York City's Madison Square Garden, this concert film shows Led Zeppelin at the apogee of their hard-rocking glory. In addition to featuring such indelible hits as "Dazed and Confused," "Whole Lotta Love" and "Stairway to Heaven," the live footage is interspersed with elaborate fantasy sequences, backstage shenanigans and a glimpse of what the business side of such a large touring operation entails. AUGUST 4th Bloor Hot Docs Cinema - 506 Bloor St. W., Toronto, ON Saturday 12:30 http://bloorcinema.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magerogue Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 lucky bastards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knebby Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 It's so great to see it on a big screen. ( P.S. Karic Plant? - Email em Sam! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Historian Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 At the Prytania Theatre here in New Orleans, they used to show a midnight screening. This went on for about 3 months, every Saturday. Don't know why they stopped, but it was "killer" to see it on the "big screen". The sound was enormous. It started to become a small trend which reminded me of the "Rocky Horror picture show" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators sam_webmaster Posted August 2, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted August 2, 2012 the good old days..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Historian Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 the good old days..... Ahhhhh, you see! What a coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Runes Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 the good old days..... Was there many a Friday night. Brings back a flood of memories. Remember this place like it was yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZosofanCMR Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Very cool, I saw it on the big screen in El Paso, Texas in 2007. Awesome experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Even though it was one of several "midnight movies" that were shown in my area after it first came out, I didn't see The Song Remains the Same until sometime in '77 or '78. I can narrow it down to those years because it had to be somewhere around the time that Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane went down in that swamp in Mississippi because the screening in my area was proceeded by a film called A Tribute To Lynyrd Skynyrd that was sponsored by Pepsi Cola. It was quite unlike anything I'd ever experienced at a movie theatre as everyone treated it like an actual concert. The sound was cranked way up, everyone had snuck in alcohol (I remember someone passing by me that accidentally dropped 2-3 pony-sized Millers onto the floor) and the pungent smell of weed permeated the air. It's hard to even imagine now but this was a time when smoking was still allowed in public places like movie theatres and everyone took full advantage of it on that evening. I also seem to remember an incident, perhaps in the U.K., where theatre goers ripped out nearly all of the seats in the movie theatre during a screening but I believe that may have been just after Bonham died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators sam_webmaster Posted August 5, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted August 5, 2012 Was there many a Friday night. Brings back a flood of memories. Remember this place like it was yesterday. I attended the screening yesterday.... Nowhere near like the days at the Roxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledded1 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I saw it 3 times on the first day of release spending about 8 hours in the cinema that day. Went back a few days later to do the same. I must have seen it over 50 times on the big screen over the next 15 years. it was a regular Saturday late nighter along with Pink Floyd lIve at Pompeii. It's the best way to see it really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Historian Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I saw it 3 times on the first day of release spending about 8 hours in the cinema that day. Went back a few days later to do the same. I must have seen it over 50 times on the big screen over the next 15 years. it was a regular Saturday late nighter along with Pink Floyd lIve at Pompeii. It's the best way to see it really. I agree. Nothing like seeing it on "the big screen" with a killer sound system...closest thing to the real deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Runes Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I attended the screening yesterday.... Nowhere near like the days at the Roxy One thing I remember about the Roxy there was always a wafting smell of Booze, weed and puke. They would play the Jimi Hendrix film prior to the TSRTS on most nights in the early 80's. Many a burnt brain cell at this location. Here is a good article about the Roxy. http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/12/torontos_forgotten_landmarks_a_night_at_the_roxy/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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