Advertised in 1970 as "the first electric Western", Zachariah is an endearingly pretentious effort that prefigures such genre oddities as Jodorowsky's El Topo and Alex Cox's Straight to Hell. The story is the archetypal one about two friends who become gunslingers and must inevitably face off against each other in the finale, but it's treated here as if it Meant Something Deeper--which means that after enjoying 75 minutes of violence we can all agree that peace and love and harmony is on the whole better for children and other living things. Curly haired farmboy Zachariah (John Rubinstein) and eternally grinning apprentice blacksmith Matthew (Don Johnson) are the fast friends who run away from home to join up with a gang of outlaws known as the Crackers (played by hippie folk-rock collective Country Joe and the Fish). These apparent 19th-century Westerners tote electric guitars and are given to staging free festival freak-outs at one end of town to distract from the bank robbery at the other. The boys soon hook up with Job Cain (Elvin Jones), an all-in-black master gunfighter who is also an ace drummer (his solo is impressive), but then drift apart as Zachariah has a liaison with Old West madame Belle Starr (Pat Quinn) in a town that consists of fairground-style brightly painted wooden cut out buildings (a gag reused in Blazing Saddles), then gets rid of his outrageous all-white cowboy outfit to settle down on a homestead and grow his own dope and vegetables. Matthew, of course, goes for the black leather look after outdrawing Cain, and comes a gunning for the only man who might be faster than him, but the hippie-era message is once these kids have killed everyone else they can still make peace with each other and the desert or something, man. Aside from a Beatle-haired teenage Johnson making a fool of himself by over-emoting to contrast with Rubinstein's non-performance, the film offers a lot of beautiful "acid Western" scenery and excellent prog rock and bluegrass music from the James Gang, White Lightnin' and the New York Rock Ensemble. Comedy troupe the Firesign Theatre (huge on album in 1970) provided the script, which explains satirical touches like the horse-and-buggy salesman (Dick Van Patten) spieling like a used car dealer and the madame's claim to have had affairs with gunslingers from Billy the Kid to Marshal McLuhan. The DVD extras are skimpy, but the print quality is outstanding. --Kim Newman
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The O2 arena, London was stage for the gathering of some of the UK's most notable, and charitable music icons.The Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy's Rockwell event brought together the likes of Robert Plant, Tom Jones, Joss Stone, as well as Lulu, Razorlight, Beverley Knight, Escala, Dan Gillespie Sells (from The Feeling), Hot Rats (Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey from Supergrass), David Gray, Ronan Keating and Gabriella Cilmi in one of the most memorable benefit concerts to date. This stunning HD recording of the highlights from this exceptional live collaboration proves why the Rockwell event is synonymous with the positive force music can have on our modern world by demonstrating each artists sincere commitment to a charity close to the heart of every musician. It also documents their powerful performances in front of an enthusiastic sold out audience!The evening with many major stars sharing the spotlight for brilliant, unexpected surprises was culminated in the final song that saw every act hit the stage for a fantastic version of The Beatles' classic Let It Be!Tracklisting:1. Razorlight - Fall To Pieces2. Razorlight - Golden Touch3. Razorlight - In The City4. Robert Plant - Black Dog5. Robert Plant - Fixin To Die6. Robert Plant - Whole Lotta Love7. Joss Stone - Free Me8. Joss Stone - Super Duper9. Tom Jones - Its Not Unusual10. Tom Jones - Sex Bomb11. Tom Jones & Joss Stone - Its Your Thing12. David Gray & Escala - Babylon13. David Gray - Fugitive14. All Stars - Let It Be
Caught up in a whirlwind of drugs and violence in the underbelly of society Ty Sabala had barely managed to escape with his own life. He returns home to find things not how he left them. As only a huge heavily tattooed street-fighter can Sabala starts to set things right and he gets involved in fighting and boxing and other assorted nastiness. Finally he realizes that the only way to save his soul is with a bare knuckle brawl that will free him forever. If it doesn't kill him first
Cruzin' chronicles a 12 day, 1000 mile bike ride from northern to southern Vietnam. The film focuses on former Olympian, Antonio 'Tony' Cruz and 13 of his closest friends and bike enthusiasts. It's considered one of the most rigorous leisure rides due to steep climbs and massive rollers. This is an entirely experimental film: the cameras are always on the riders which allows the audience to be immersed in their actual journey. The idea was to depict the camaraderie between friends and...
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