8.4

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert

2008, USA

• Actors: Jeff Beck, Roy Bittan, Jackson Brown, Lenny Bruce, Chester Burnett, Eric Clapton, Clarence Clemons, Crosby Stills & Nash, Ray Davies, Dion DiMucci, The Everly Brothers, Stacy Ferguson, John Fogerty, Aretha Franklin, Art Garfunkel, Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Mick Jagger, Billy Joel, Brian Jones, B.B. King, John Legend, Annie Lennox, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Nils Lofgren, Darlene Love, Metallica
• Genre: Music
• Director(s): Joel Gallen
• Available languages:
  • English English.

This HBO TV special celebrates the 25th Anniversary of The Rock and Roll Of Fame". It originally aired on Saturday Nov. 28, 09 from 8:00 PM - 12:10 AM EST. Appropriate for a Thanksgiving weekend. Jerry Lee Lewis opens with "Great Balls Of Fire". Crosby Stills and Nash sing "Woodstock" and join Bonnie Rait for "Love Has No Pride ", Jackson Brown for " The Pretender" and James Taylor for "Love The One Your With". Stevie Wonder performs "For Once In My Life" and " Higher Ground" and joins Sting for " Roxanne" and "Superstition". Smokey Robinson does his classic "Tracks Of My Tears". B. B.King sings "The Thrill Is Gone". Aretha Franklin performs " Baby I Love You" ,"Don't Play That Song" and joins Annie Lennox to sing "Chain Of Fools". Ray Davies and Metallica jam on "All Day And All Night" . Paul Simon sings "You Can Call Me Al", and pays tribute to George Harrison, as he joins Graham Nash and Steven Stills for "Here Comes The Sun". Paul reunites with Art Garfunkerl for "Sound Of Silence", "The Boxer' and "Bridge Over Troubled Water". Dion performs "The Wanderer". Little Anthony and The Imperials are at their "a cappella" best with "Just Two Kinds Of People In The World". Mick Jagger performs The Rolling Stones' classic "Gimme Shelter", with U2 and Fergie. John Fogerty joins Bruce Springsteen, with The E Street Band , to sing "Fortunate Son" and Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman". Bruce and The Band join Sam Moore for " Hold On I'm Comin" and "Soul Man". Sting accompanied by Jeff Beck on guitar sings "People Get Ready." Jeff Beck later plays a "quite moving " guitar solo of " A Day In The Life" .Billy Joel joins Bruce Springsteen to perform their respective anthems "A New York State Of Mind" and "Born To Run" The finale of " Higher and Higher" is performed by many cast members, including Billy Joel , John Fogerty, Bruce Springsteen and Darlene Love, is an appropriate choice for the festivities.

  7.6

Fahrenheit 9/11

2004, USA

• Actors: Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder, George W. Bush, James Baker III, Richard Gephardt, Tom Daschle, Jeffrey Toobin, Al Gore, Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Saddam Hussein, George Bush, Ricky Martin, Byron Dorgan, Osama Bin Laden, Craig Unger, Larry King, Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Jack Cloonan, Bill Clinton, James C. Moore, Robert Jordan, Dan Briody, John Major, Helen Thomas, Carol Ashley, Thomas Kean, Rosemary Dillard, Richard Clarke, Paul Wolfowitz
• Genre: Documentary, History, War
• Director(s): Michael Moore
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Following up on 'Bowling for Columbine', film-maker Michael Moore provides deep and though-provoking insights on the American security system, the level of paranoia, fear, uncertainty, false values and patriotism, which all combined together to set a stage for George W. Bush to launch a war on Iraq instead of focusing on getting the real culprit(s) behind the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This documentary also focuses on how some Saudis were safely and secretly flown out of America while planes were ostensibly grounded after the attacks. Archived film footage, candid interviews with politicians, and an overall waste of public funds for a war that was initiated on false pretension to wit: a weapon of mass distraction - to take the focus away from the real enemy and get Americans glued to their TV sets to watch innocent Iraqis and Afghans getting killed. And a war that would eventually alienate the U.S.A. and it's citizens from almost every country on Earth.

  4.0

Muscle Beach Party

1963, USA

• Actors: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Luciana Paluzzi, John Ashley, Don Rickles, Peter Turgeon, Jody McCrea, Dick Dale, Candy Johnson, Peter Lupus, Valora Noland, Delores Wells, Donna Loren, Morey Amsterdam, Stevie Wonder, Buddy Hackett, Bob Seven, Larry Scott, Steve Merjanian, Chester Yorton, Dan Haggerty, Gene Shuey, Gordon Case, Alberta Nelson, Amadee Chabot, Duane Ament, Gary Usher, Guy Hemric, Roger Christian, Laura Lynn
• Genre: Comedy, Musical
• Director(s): William Asher
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Julie, a wealthy contessa managed by S.Z. Matts, wants muscle-man Flex Martin, trained by Jack Fanny, for her own - until she meets Frankie. Frankie's girl Dee Dee gets rightfully jealous and plans to avenge the Frankie-stealing contessa. Mr. Strangdour appears briefly as the king of the strongmen.