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Synopsis: A documentary on the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour and the tragic events that concluded it. We see footage of their concerts and of them making the Sticky Fingers album in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. However, the main focus of the film is on one concert - Altamont Speedway, outside San Francisco, 6 December 1969. A free concert, it is the Stones' idea and it was meant to be the Woodstock of the West (Woodstock having occurred four months earlier). Other bands performing included Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Ike and Tina Turner, Crosby Stills Nash and Young and Santana. However, it is far from being the peace and love of Woodstock. Part of the problem is that the Stones hired the Hells Angels as security. The other problem was that a large portion of the crowd were high on drugs. Friction ensues. During the Stones' set, Meredith Hunter, high on methamphetamine and armed with a gun, makes a lunge for the stage and is stabbed to death by the Hells Angels. The peace and love
Production: Roadside Attractions
  3 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
R
Year:
1970
91 min
369 Views


of the judges right now.

That's your only chance of

forcing these people to do it.

Now, don't scare off from these people.

If I were advising them,

I'd tell them to hide out.

[Chattering]

Because right when they're

coming out, you'll... sh-ta-boom!

- Yeah, but it doesn't come in till the solo.

- I know, I know.

- What is that?

- What?

- Stickin'out of your pocket.

- Cousin Minnie says,

"How delicious!"

[Laughter, Chattering]

I'm taking it home for Robert.

Y'all come back now, ya hear?

That's one more song.

[Recorder Rewinding]

That should be it.

I found it. I found it.

Anybody in?

Is my local groupie in?

[Chattering]

Hello, darling.

How are you?

When are the bags

coming up, Ronnie?

Stew's gotta get 46 pieces up.

[Indistinct]

[Applause, Cheering]

[Mick Jagger]

We're gonna do...

We're gonna do a slow blues

for you now, people.

## [Ends]

[People Applauding]

[Tape Rewinding]

You like that?

I like it.

[Indistinct]

This thing is going on. The Chronicle

is coming out with a story that it's off.

- This has been building up for a long time.

- Well, it's off and on.

- Everybody wants a piece of the pie.

- [Chattering]

All right, let's see

if we can get some facts...

to build together

on an affidavit here.

So we'll have that available and then

a very short order to show cause.

The sheriff wants to know who's going

to go to the bathroom and where.

They've got a nice little

bucolic community there...

They know practically when

every john is flushed...

and the orderly habits of the bathroom

of all of their, uh, voters.

[Woman On Speaker Phone]

Dick Carter's on the line.

He's offering us

the speedway at Altamont.

Hello, Dick.

This is Mel Belli for the Stones.

If they were to perform

in the speedway,

is the speedway open

so that they can be seen...

from the people that can't get in?

[Carter] I'm sure we can work

something out. I want the publicity.

You want the publicity?

Well, you take the publicity.

The Rolling Stones don't want any money.

It's for charity.

- So I'll take the money.

- All right. [Laughs]

All right.

Well, why don't I do this?

Why don't I talk

with these people here...

and then I'll get back with you...

and then if we

have to sign anything up...

and if you need any insurance,

which I'm sure you will want,

and all the rest of that stuff,

I'll work with you in the morning.

- Okay.

- I'll call you back later, after I talk with them, Dick.

Bye. He's offered

the Altamont Speedway.

- There's not enough room.

- There's not time to move it.

We got to tear down

a stage and the scaffolding.

The phones are in. The generators

are there. Everything is left to go.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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