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02/09/06
Lightning in a Bottle (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 60 Fresh: 52 Rotten:8 Average Rating: 7.4/10
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Lightning in a Bottle pays dazzling tribute to the blues by capturing its power and excitement through backstage interviews and performance footage.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Synopsis: A slice of musical history was created on February 7th, 2003, when a dazzling array of blues artists gathered at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. With luminaries such as B.B. King, Solomon Burke, Ruth Brown, Mavis Staples, Buddy Guy, and Dr. John among the lineup, this was always destined... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: B.B. King, Solomon Burke, Mavis Staples, Aerosmith, Robert Cray
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It is as much a lesson in musical appreciation as it is a thrilling concert.
03/28/05
Lightning in a Bottle is a feel-good film, ironically, for fans of the blues and a solid primer for newcomers to the sound.
03/25/05
Features performances by such masters of the form as Buddy Guy, Solomon Burke, B.B. King. But the movie doesn't depend on your knowledge of them or their works.
01/07/05
[It] achieves the goal of every concert film, to make you feel like you were there - or at least wish you were there.
01/07/05
... we'll save the arguments about the patronizing nature of blues fetishism for another time. If you wish you were there, you'll want to see this film.
01/07/05
A thrilling experience for jazz fans, and if you're not in that category, the film's overpowering atmosphere could have you changing your tune within minutes.
12/31/04
The event's musical director, Steve Jordan, marvels at one point: 'Looks like y'all hired the phone book . . . just looked up "Blues" in the Yellow Pages.'
12/17/04
Features a who's who of world-wise bluesmen (and women) and newbie practitioners.
12/17/04
Mostly, director Antoine Fuqua's straightforward film gives the greats a chance to shine, and they deliver.
12/16/04
A fast, sweet, cram course in the blues. And it does so in an extremely coherent, vital and entertaining fashion.
12/10/04
This 'blues' film devotes more time to the music of Jimi Hendrix than to that of Robert Johnson or Muddy Waters...
12/10/04
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