A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Pump, the album that carried Boston band Aerosmith into the nineties. While this video doesn't include album versions of any of the songs from Pump (Columbia did not have control of the rights), it does include extensive footage of the band members perfecting their craft in the studios, as well as interviews with all those involved.
Using morgue photos, newsreel footage, and a recording by Lena Horne, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez fired off 'Now!', one of the most powerful bursts of propaganda rendered in the 1960s.
MTV Unplugged is a 2000 Grammy Award-winning live MTV Unplugged acoustic performance by Colombian born musician Shakira broadcasted in 1999, released in 2000 as an album and in 2002 as a DVD. It is rated as one of her best-ever live performances and paved the way for her successful English cross-over recording Laundry Service (2001).
Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her fellow school chorus members to sing a classical piece with a modern swing beat. She returns to her dysfunctional home, dejected, but, with the encouragement of her family's cook, Judy decides to follow her dream and audition for a Broadway musical.
Alice Martin (Lee Meriwether), a former musical headliner, now lives alone and forgotten in a house hidden away just below the Hollywood sign. She remembers a past love (Susan Blakely) as she searches for meaning in her golden years. While mentoring a young aspiring singer (Leigh Ann Larkin), past memories become entwined with the present as Alice comes to realize that what she thought was lost is only dormant, awaiting a new spark.
The child prodigy turns 60! At the tender age of 13, Anne-Sophie Mutter was discovered by star conductor Herbert von Karajan. An unprecedented world career followed. She once said of herself: "If you want to get to know me, you have to experience me on stage". She does not appreciate questions about her private life. So how do you portray such an exceptional artist?
The Pucchini opera "Turandot" will be shown completely new at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. The new production by the Spanish video artist Franc Aleu refers with a wink to the history of the Catalan institution: 20 years ago, this very opera was resumed there after a fire in 1994 severely damaged the theater.
The gypsy Esmeralda captures the hearts of many men, including those of Captain Phoebus, the poet Pierre Gringoire, the hunchback Quasimodo, and his guardian Archdeacon Frollo. A story of love and desire set against a backdrop of social and class turmoil, the tragic story of Notre Dame de Paris comes to life on screen.
This special showcases Chris Isaak s most beloved hits and his personal tribute to the glory days of the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis and the music created by Chris heroes in that famous room. Chris recaptures the heart and soul of the original songs with his own brilliant band of stellar musicians, while showing the heart and soul of his own deeply rooted musical identity. The show was taped before a live audience of music fans on the soundstage of Austin City Limits, the home of the legendary PBS music series.
Aşık Ziyeddin, an advanced word master in Anatolia of the 60-70s, is in an effort to train an apprentice to continue his profession of word mastery and love interest. The Apprentice Mustafa, who undertakes this hard work, has lost his heart to a girl older than him. He dreams of turning the heart of Gülbeyaz, who does not take care of himself by drinking some food from his hand to become a "Lover of Rights". However, Mustafa's dreams will be tested by religion, destiny, politics and poverty.
Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, mysteriously disappears on the eve of her wedding. Years later, she reappears on the stage as young looking and beautiful as ever.