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Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Quick Facts
DirectorTaylor Hackford
Runtime2h 0m · PG-13
GenresDocumentary · Music
Release1987-10-09
Film

Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

1987· PG-13· 2h 0m· Documentary· Music

St. Louis, 1986. For Chuck Berry's 60th, Keith Richards assembles a pickup band of Robert Cray, Joey Spampinato, Eric Clapton, himself and long-time Berry pianist, Johnnie Johnson. Joined on stage by Etta James, Linda Ronstadt and Julian Lennon, Berry performs his classic rock songs. His abilities as a composer, lyricist, singer, musician and entertainer are on display and, in behind-the-scenes interviews, are discussed by Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bruce Springstein, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and others. There's even a rarity for Berry—a rehearsal. Archival footage from the early 1950s and a duet with John Lennon round out this portrait of a master.

1987-10-09
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

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Key Crew
ProducerChuck Berry
Director of PhotographyOliver Stapleton
EditorLisa Day
Full cast & crew (21 cast · 8 crew)

Details

Released1987-10-09
Runtime2h 0m · PG-13
StatusReleased
StudiosUniversal Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.3/10 · 17 votes
Original languageen

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