Muscle Shoals

Name: Muscle Shoals
Genre: Biography, History, Music, Documentary
Released: September 27, 2013
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Aretha Franklin, Gregg Allman, Rick Hall, Roger Hawkins

2013

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: September 27, 2013 | PG

Starring: Aretha Franklin, Gregg Allman, Rick Hall, Roger Hawkins

Summary: Located on the banks of the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, AL is the unlikely breeding ground for some of the most creative music in American history.

Director: Greg 'Freddy' Camalier

Genre(s): Biography, History, Music, Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 111 min

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Dave Hoekstra

Oct 3, 2013

Do not leave the film until the last credit rolls by. Read full review

Dan DeLuca

Oct 11, 2013

Muscle Shoals isn't perfect. Neither Bono nor Alicia Keyes has any business being in the movie, though Bono does wax poetic about the genius of the music recorded there, and Keyes teams with the Swampers for a strong performance of Dylan's "Pressing On." Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Sep 27, 2013

Only the genre's most studious followers will be able to watch Muscle Shoals without being regularly astonished: Even if it sometimes gets lost in its byways, Greg "Freddy" Camalier's documentary tells an extraordinary story. Read full review

The Telegraph David Gritten

Aug 13, 2013

Overall, it’s joyous, uplifting – and as funky as the music at its heart. Read full review

John DeFore

Sep 27, 2013

A trove of great stills and movie footage accompanies the colorful anecdotes, but the film's most consistent pleasure is the way interviewees recall the moments before the tape rolled on an immortal recording. Read full review

Walter Addiego

Oct 10, 2013

The hits just keep on coming in Muscle Shoals, a hugely entertaining, perhaps overlong, documentary about the renowned recording studios in the small Alabama town of the film's title. It's mandatory viewing for fans of the classic rock, soul and rhythm and blues of the 1960s and '70s. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Sep 26, 2013

At once overstuffed with interviews and intellectually underdeveloped, the movie charts the area’s music industry and what is lyrically if elusively called the Muscle Shoals sound. Read full review

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Kastle

Mar 7, 2014

This is a fantastic & beautifully filmed documentary. It really captures the magic that went into all the music made at that legendary recording studio. I would love to own a copy of the soundtrack.

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wrytangle

Nov 25, 2014

This is the single best music documentary I've ever seen, and somewhere in the top 30 films I've ever watched. I'll admit my ignorance of the subject but after about 40 minutes of this film I was completely captivated and amazed at the story it is telling. The film is beautifully shot,This is the single best music documentary I've ever seen, and somewhere in the top 30 films I've ever watched. I'll admit my ignorance of the subject but after about 40 minutes of this film I was completely captivated and amazed at the story it is telling. The film is beautifully shot, impeccably researched and genuinely floored me at times. If you have any interest in popular music of the last 50 years I urge you to see it.… Expand

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TVJerry

Nov 21, 2013

A small town in Alabama became the birth[place of some of the great classic soul hits in the 60s. That was only the beginning for a group of mostly-white men, who created two studios in Muscle Shoals. Later, numerous big names from the Stones to Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded there. This docA small town in Alabama became the birth[place of some of the great classic soul hits in the 60s. That was only the beginning for a group of mostly-white men, who created two studios in Muscle Shoals. Later, numerous big names from the Stones to Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded there. This doc outlines 50 years thru interviews with the founders and some of the stars. Great music and a fascinating history. NOTE: Stay thru the credits for one final quote.… Expand

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