Criterion Announces Gimme Shelter Blu-ray

Posted September 17, 2009 03:58 AM by Juan Calonge


The Criterion Collection has set December 1 as the release date for the Blu-ray edition of 'Gimme Shelter', the landmark documentary that follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 US tour. The BD will feature a new high-definition transfer of the uncensored 30th Anniversary version, remastered and restored from the camera original, in 1.33:1 1080p video, accompanied by stereo LPCM and multichannel DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks. Special features include: Never-before-seen performances of the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1969, including "Little Queenie," "Oh Carol," and "Prodigal Son," plus backstage outtakes Audio commentary by directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, and collaborator Stanley Goldstein Excerpts from KSAN Radio's Altamont wrap-up, recorded December 7, 1969, with new introductions by then-DJ, Stefan Ponek Altamont stills gallery, featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower Original and re-release theatrical trailers, plus trailers for Maysles Films' classics Grey Gardens and Salesman Filmographies for Maysles Films and Charlotte Zwerin Restoration demonstration "The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and GIMME SHELTER": A 44-page booklet with essays by Jagger's former assistant Georgia Bergman, music writers Michael Lydon and Stanley Booth, ex-Oakland Hell's Angels chapter head Sonny Barger, and film critics Amy Taubin and Godfrey Cheshire
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Aerodude73

Sep 17, 2009

Obv. it won't have the greatest Audio but i'm sure Criterion will do what they can to have it sound the best considering the Source material. Def. Day One buy here!

I saw this on the Criterion website yesterday. This documentary is pretty powerful. The Altamont/Hell's Angels footage is really creepy and shows the complicity of the Rolling Stones and management in the events that took place. Death of the 60s indeed.