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Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) | User Rating
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Release Date • USA: Nov 15, 2002 • UK: 25 Jul 2003 DVD Release Date • R1: Apr 22, 2003 • R2: 26 Jan 2004
Official Website:
Standing in the Shadows of Motown Website
MPAA Rating Rated PG for language and thematic elements.
Running Time 1 hour, 56 minutes
Country USA
Studio Elliott Scott, Paul Justman, rimshot
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Other Titles • Standing in the Shadows of Motown • Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Story of the Funk (2002)
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Genre: Documentary, Biography
Tagline: The best kept secret in the history of pop music.
Plot: By the end of their phenomenal run, this unheralded group of musicians had played on more number ones hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined - which makes them the greatest hit machine in the history of popular music. They called themselves the Funk Brothers.Forty-one years after they played their first note an a Motown record and three decades since they were all together, the Funk Brothers reunited back in Detroit to play their music and tell their unforgettable story in STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN. Fourteen years in the making, this film is based upon a book of the same title that won the 1989 Rolling Stone / BMl "Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award", STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN was shot entirely in film, on location in Detroit throughout December of 2000 and January of 2001. This one hour and fifty-six minute documentary tells the Funk Brothers' saga through archival footage and still photos, narration, interviews, re-creation scenes, 20 Motown master tracks, and twelve new live performances of Motown classics with the Funk Brothers backing up Chaka Kahn, Ben Harper, Bootsy Collins, Montell Jordan, Meshell Ndegeocello, Joan Osborne, and Gerald Levert. With the tumultuous sixties as a backdrop, Motown's unsung heroes take
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