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Gimme shelter from Altamont

Posted Sep 21, 2009

The making of film Gimme Shelter (now getting its first DVD release) follows the Rolling Stones from New York to California and the tour's tragic final concert at the Bay Area's Altamont Speedway.

When Gimme Shelter finally reached movie theaters in 1970, the "incident" (where Hell's Angels "secured" the stage, and four people died) at Altamont was on its way to becoming one of those milestones that mark times of great change. Instead of ending up as a, "day-in-the-life-of-a-famous-rock-group", the film took on the slow-building suspense of a horror movie. 

After the hippy ideals of Woodstock, Altamont proved the end of peaceful ideals. From the moment The Stones arrived at the Altamont Speedway in northern California, things turned ugly for the band. Over the years the group has rarely commented on what went on that day although Bill Wyman has been quoted as saying on the concert that, "the Stones have never been scared of anything, but they were terrified at Altamont" (timesonline.co.uk).

The DVD features never-before-seen footage of the Stone's Madison Square Garden show that includes covers of "Little Queenie" and "Prodigal Son," along with backstage outtakes (including Tina Turner and Jagger trying to talk while Ike seems to be purposely playing his guitar so loud that they can barely hear each other).  

The film is presented in the original full-frame 1.33:1, in a Dolby Digital 5.1 remix, giving the film a sound quality as if it had been recorded yesterday and not infact 30 years ago.

Kerry Olsen

Sources: DVD Forum & Times Online

Photo Credit: The Rolling Stones

 

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