Lightning in a Bottle

Name: Lightning in a Bottle
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: October 22, 2004
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, James Blood Ulmer, Solomon Burke

2004

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: October 22, 2004 | PG-13

Starring: Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, James Blood Ulmer, Solomon Burke

Summary: On February 7th, 2003, renowned artists across multiple music genres and generations commandeered the stage at New York City?s Radio City Music Hall to pay tribute to their common heritage and passion - the blues. This documentary captures the night?s magic and weaves a history of the blues through the juxtaposition of performances,On February 7th, 2003, renowned artists across multiple music genres and generations commandeered the stage at New York City?s Radio City Music Hall to pay tribute to their common heritage and passion - the blues. This documentary captures the night?s magic and weaves a history of the blues through the juxtaposition of performances, backstage interviews, rehearsals and archival clips of some of the greatest names in American music. (Sony Pictures Classics)… Expand

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 103 min

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David Sterritt

See it with an open heart and a tapping toe. Read full review

Marc Savlov

As concert films go, this is heady stuff. Read full review

Michael Sragow

Lightning in a Bottle has breadth, both in its multitude of perspectives and its spectrum of performances. Read full review

Joel Selvin

The end result is something like the best blues festival anyone could have thrown last year, although Lightning in a Bottle falls a fair piece short of its own lofty goal. Read full review

Megan Lehmann

A joyous, toe-tapping celebration of a musical style born of sorrow. Read full review

Laura Sinagra

Offers a bumper crop of tasty bits. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

It's as hard not to ask what former New York Doll David Johansen is doing in their company, prancing his way through an irrelevant version of Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor," as it is not to wonder why the audience is so overwhelmingly white. Read full review

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