It Might Get Loud

Theatrical Release Date: 2009 08 14 (USA - Limited) / 2009 08 21 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 043396324008

Studio: Sony Pictures

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Adult Situations, Smoking, Mild Language]

Summary: Academy Award-winning An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim focuses his probing lens on a subject that's decidedly less urgent but no less fascinating with this look at the electric guitar featuring Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, U2's the Edge, and the White Stripes' Jack White. Growing up, all three guitarists realized their rebellion through music: Page was attempting to subvert the sugary-sweet pop music of the 1960s, the Edge was hell-bent on making the guitar solos of the 1970s a distant memory, and White used his screeching strings to buzz out the droning bass machines of the 1980s. Later, Page makes his way to Headley Grange to revisit the birthplace of "Stairway to Heaven," The Edge digs out the original four-track rehearsals for "Where the Streets Have No Name" in Dublin, and White expresses his exuberance for revered bluesman Son House -- all the while displaying their deep love for their instrument of choice by permitting the viewer a rare chance to see them refining as-yet-unreleased material. When the trio comes together for a landmark jam session, their spectacularly diverse styles and instruments become just as apparent as the shared passion that binds them all together. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Music [nf]

Awards: Film Presented – Toronto International Film Festival Film Presented – Sundance Film Festival Film Presented – Los Angeles Film Festival

Features: Deleted Scenes
Commentary with Director Davis Guggenheim, Producer Lesley Chilcott and Producer Thomas Tull

Toronto Film Festival Press Conference

It Might Get Loud

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 12/22/2009

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DHMA null

Runtime: 98 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Portuguese,Spanish

Subtitles: English,Spanish,Portuguese

Paula Carino

It Might Get Loud is a slick documentary about three seminal guitarists from successive generations of rock royalty: Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, U2's the Edge, and the White Stripes/Raconteurs/Dead Weather's Jack White. The film follows the guitarists individually, in evocative settings like Headley Grange, the studio where "Stairway to Heaven" was written, and the Dublin high school where U2 first played together as teenagers. The three subjects sidestep music-biz gossip and open up about their influences, their approach to songcraft, and their aesthetic goals. Music lovers -- guitar fanatics in particular -- will thrill to some behind-the-scenes tech-talk as the artists explain how they get their respective sounds. These fascinating individual interviews are intercut with impressionistic bits, animation, cool titles, mesmerizing vintage footage of the guitarists and their blues singer heroes, and a round-robin jam featuring all three guitarists learning and playing each other's tunes. The live music segments are at times awkward, as the men eye each other warily and shyly, seemingly unsure of how to interact. But when the music works -- as it does in the trio's impromptu "Whole Lotta Love" -- sparks fly and genuine smiles break out all over. Fortunately, these inspired moments outshine the clumsy on-stage socializing, and viewers are left with the impression that these three very different masters have more in common than previously suspected. ~ Paula Carino, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Peter Afterman  Producer 
Davis Guggenheim  Director 
Davis Guggenheim  Producer 
Thomas Tull  Producer 
Lesley Chilcott  Producer 
Bert Ellis  Executive Producer 
Michael Mailis  Executive Producer 
The Edge  Actor 
Jimmy Page  Actor 
Jack White  Actor 

Country: USA