USA: The Rolling Stones attend the red carpet premiere of their documentary film "Crossfire Hurricane"

Record ID: 220944

  • Title: USA: The Rolling Stones attend the red carpet premiere of their documentary film "Crossfire Hurricane"
  • Date: 14th November 2012
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 13, 2012) (REUTERS) WOOD ON RED CARPET WITH DIRECTOR BRETT MORGAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) RONNIE WOOD, ROLLING STONE, SAYING: "Well, I wish there was more of the 70s and 80s and 90s because it concentrates much on the years that I wasn't in the band and I'm going, well I was there in spirit, you know?" CHARLIE WATTS SPEAKING T
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  • Story Text: The Rolling Stones appeared on the red carpet Tuesday (November 13) for the U.S. premiere of "Crossfire Hurricane," a documentary charting the meteoric rise to fame and fortune following their debut in London in 1962.
    Jagger, who is 69, Richards, fellow guitarist Ronnie Wood and drummer Charlie Watts posed for photographers before speaking to the media on their way into the movie theater in New York.
    The band, one of the most successful in rock history and behind songs like "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Honky Tonk Women" and "Angie," is marking its 50th birthday with a greatest hits album, photo book, exhibitions, documentary and gigs.
    "I thought we should do a movie, I thought we should do some shows, thought we should do a record and you know, we've done some other things. And so I think most of these goals have been achieved so far and now we only have to do the five shows," said Jagger before explaining how challenging the film was to make.
    "It's not a story that everyone knows now, you know, people don't really know this, they don't really know what we looked like in those days. So you've got to make a story of it with a narrative, with personalities," Jagger told Reuters.
    "Crossfire Hurricane" is drawn entirely from archive footage and attempts to recreate what it was like to be on stage and backstage amid riotous noise and screams of adulation. Director Brett Morgan said they poured through over 500 hours of material.
    "I think audiences are going to be treated to not just a documentary but an experience -something that's visceral, that's alive, that's kinetic. I mean this movie was not just about the Rolling Stones it kind of is the Rolling Stones," Morgan said.
    Lead guitar player Keith Richards was surprised to see so much archive material.
    "I was amazed how much footage there still was back in the old locker, I don't remember the camera man being around then," he said with a laugh.
    Charlie Watts has yet to see the film, and isn't excited to see what's been uncovered, including the bits of himself: "Myself, from start to finish really, hate it, that's why I don't watch them."
    But Ronnie Wood, who joined the group in 1975, wishes the film showed more of his journey with the band: "I wish there was more of the 70s and 80s and 90s because it concentrates much on the years that I wasn't in the band and I'm going, well I was there in spirit."
    The Stones will play the O2 Arena in London on November 25 and 29 before crossing the Atlantic to perform at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on December 8th and the Prudential Center, Newark, on December 13 and 15. Jagger has hinted that the band could play more dates in the future.
    Back in October Jagger said they were rehearsing 70 songs, but now Richards says they've upped that number.
    "It means I can change the show any night and we can throw in different songs so it's not the same show every night. Because I really don't like to do things by route, you know what I mean - there is a little jazz involved, you know what I mean," he said.
    As to the secret to a 50 year partnership Wood said it's simply good music.
    "No matter what goes on in the outside world, all the troubles, the tribulations and trials going on, once we play music then everything is forgotten about and we realize that's what we're here for."
    The film first broadcasted live by satellite to cinemas from the London Film Festival on October 18. The movie will premiere on HBO on November 15th.
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