The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
| 12 October 1996 (USA)
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A 1968 event put together by The Rolling Stones. The film is comprised of two concerts on a circus stage and included such acts as The Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and Jethro Tull. John Lennon and his fiancee Yoko Ono performed as part of a supergroup called The Dirty Mac, along with Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell, and Keith Richards.

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Actuakers

One of my all time favorites.

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Executscan

Expected more

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Huievest

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

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Patience Watson

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

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M Dunn

I don't agree with this movie addict person's review at all. It's the best performance I've seen of the early Stones and I'm from that era same age as them. The band was spot on , tight and Mick's vocals were about like always , he's not the greatest singer in the world you know. His songwriting , presence and delivery have been his high points. It was worth it just to see Brian Jones play slide one more time on No Expectations , he was a true master of the slide guitar. It was well known at the time that the reason it never got released was because Yoko made a fool of herself on screaming vocal at the end of the Dirty Mac's set and there's no way the movie would get released like that. At the time Mick and John Lennon were friends and not wanting to hurt John's feelings it just didn't get released at all. Well worth the money even if you're not a Stones fan because it gives all a glimpse of how it was in 1968 , a fabulous year to be a young person!!! I'm searching for a blue ray of it now if it exists. Peace.

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coy_dog0

When the Stones take the stage and erupt into Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's quite obvious we are witnessing an age is long now dead. The 'beautiful people' in the audience--draped in yellow rain coats or something--resemble participants in some kind of primitive religious ritual.This, of course, is the true purpose of Rock n' Roll, isn't it? It replaces our instinctual need for community rituals that we've lost in the past few hundred years. The Stones occupy the stage like Shamans in a primitive hunting society. A Judeo-Christian might be offended by their endorsements of Lucifer in 'Sympathy for the Devil', but the real purpose of the song (or any Stones song) lies right there in the title. Good NEEDS Evil in nature. Things live, things die.So, have some sympathy. And some taste.10/10

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rakett13

A great movie- featuring Jethro Tull (with Tony Iommi, later of Black Sabbath), The Who (who blow the roof off), Taj Mahal (with Jesse Ed Davis, guitar giant), Marianne Faithfull (who sings beautifully), The Dirty Mac, featuring John Lennon (vocal/rhythm guitar), Eric Clapton (lead guitar), Keith Richard(s) (bass), and Jimi Hendrix's drummer Mitch Mitchell. (Joined in their second number by Yoko Ono on vocals and Ivry Gitlis on violin.) Finally, the Stones. A great performance, the last featuring the band's founder, Brian Jones, who is, unfortunately, the only downer. He would die the next July, you can tell he was in the downward spiral.

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Infofreak

Rock'n'Roll fans it doesn't get any better than this! This is as close as you're going to get to your 60s rock dream. A Lennon/Keef/Clapton/Mitch Mitchell jam. Early tasty Tull with Sabbath's Tony Iommi on guitar. Marianne Faithfull looking like an angel. The Who destroying the competition with a sensational version of A Quick One. And last, but not least, The Stones with a relaxed but smoking set including classics Sympathy For The Devil and You Can't Always Get What You Want. Unforgettable.

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