Watch: Standing in the Shadows of Motown 2002 123movies, Full Movie Online – In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. gathered the best musicians from Detroit’s thriving jazz and blues scene to begin cutting songs for his new record company. Over a fourteen year period they were the heartbeat on every hit from Motown’s Detroit era. By the end of their phenomenal run, this unheralded group of musicians had played on more number ones hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined – which makes them the greatest hit machine in the history of popular music. They called themselves the Funk Brothers. Forty-one years after they played their first note on a Motown record and three decades since they were all together, the Funk Brothers reunited back in Detroit to play their music and tell their unforgettable story, with the help of archival footage, still photos, narration, interviews, re-creation scenes, 20 Motown master tracks, and twelve new live performances of Motown classics with the Brothers backing up contemporary performers..
Plot: In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. gathered the best musicians from Detroit’s thriving jazz and blues scene to begin cutting songs for his new record company. Over a fourteen year period they were the heartbeat on every hit from Motown’s Detroit era. By the end of their phenomenal run, this unheralded group of musicians had played on more number ones hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined – which makes them the greatest hit machine in the history of popular music. They called themselves the Funk Brothers. Forty-one years after they played their first note on a Motown record and three decades since they were all together, the Funk Brothers reunited back in Detroit to play their music and tell their unforgettable story, with the help of archival footage, still photos, narration, interviews, re-creation scenes, 20 Motown master tracks, and twelve new live performances of Motown classics with the Brothers backing up contemporary performers.
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EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THIS MOVIE!! Maybe twice.
I just had the pleasure of seeing the best documentary made about the music world. It’s about the unsung heros of Motown — the musicians. The Funk Brothers played on everyone song that came out of Motown, but no one knows it. Now they will finally get the recognition they so deserve. Allan Slutsky, over the course of 16 years put together a movie that includes archival footage, live interviews with the remaining Funk Brothers, and performance sequences that had the audience almost dancing in the aisles — okay, just rocking in their comfy theater chairs to the beat of the songs. It also includes new versions of many of the most famous songs done by Joan Osborne, Chaka Chan, Ben Harper, and others. During the course of the film the audience applauded at least 3 times after a song, then CHEERED at the end of the film.This is a poignant film and one that will show how some of the best musicians in the world never got the credit they should have, but this film brings them into the spotlight, and boy do they shine.
Can you tell that I loved this film? It’s impossible not to.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 48 min (108 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Documentary, Music
Director Paul Justman
Writer Walter Dallas, Ntozake Shange, Alan Slutsky
Actors Joe Hunter, Jack Ashford, Uriel Jones
Country United States
Awards 8 wins & 14 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA (color)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 16 mm (Fuji), 35 mm (concert footage) (Fuji)
Cinematographic Process Spherical, Super 16
Printed Film Format 35 mm (partial blow-up)