Called the greatest rock film ever made, GIMME SHELTER follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco’s Altamont Speedway, Direct Cinema pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin were there to immortalize on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade’s dreams into disillusionment. The Blu-ray Disc will be available December 1, 2009.
Blu-ray Special Edition Features:
• New high-definition digital transfer of the uncensored thirtieth-anniversary version, remastered and restored from the camera original, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin and collaborator Stanley Goldstein
• Excerpts from KSAN Radio’s Altamont wrap-up, recorded December 7, 1969, with introductions by then DJ Stefan Ponek
• Altamont stills gallery, featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower
• Original and rerelease theatrical trailers
• PLUS: A booklet with essays by Mick Jagger’s former assistant Georgia Bergman, music writers Michael Lydon and Stanley Booth, and film critics Amy Taubin and Godfrey Cheshire
Click here to view the Gimme Shelter Blu-ray cover art.
