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Whistle Stopper - Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing (Full Screen Edition)
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List Price: $14.95
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Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
Starring: Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Rick Rubin, George W. Bush
Directed By: Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019799294
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Weinstein Company
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-02-20
Running Time: 93
Studio: Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: 2006-11-10
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Summary: Originally bought it for my girlfriend, but I enjoyed it too
Comment: Good documentary... Much better than I thought it would be. Really gives you a good feel for what they went through after what they said at that fateful concert in London back in 2003. More than anything, it gives you a really good sense of how ignorant and narrow-minded the yammering hordes of mainstream America are. You also get to see some cool behind-the-scenes stuff with regards to their recording process... I had no idea Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Pepper's played the drums on one of their albums... etc.
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Summary: The Truth
Comment: I wasn't a Dixie Chicks fan, but I sure heard about the hoopla raised by Natalie Main's remark about Bush & Texas. I live in Texas, and the outrage was remarkable.
I first watched this film on a cable channel. It proved to me how extremist groups can take things out of context and create suspicion and innuendo, when in reality it was just an American doing what we do everyday--voicing an opinion. Anyone who loves America needs to watch this film.
The music created after these women went through the firestorm of conservative back-lash turned me into a forever fan. It was the music, where they pour out their souls, that originally turned me on.
The film reveals the source of the anguish inflicted upon these American citizens by their own countrymen. It is a sobering, but beautiful film that emphasizes the friendship and love between the three women of the Dixie Chicks.
The actual events, as they happened, will enlighten anyone who has an ounce of intelligence. The film allows me to be there as the events happened, and to make up my own mind, but anyone would be hard-pressed to think that what American extremist groups do is benign or even helpful.
The sad thing is that the initial result was a condemnation of the Dixie Chicks, when it should be a condemnation of these boycotts for our "moral" good.
Watch this film! The audio CD is outstanding, too!
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Summary: Freedom of Speech---- Go Dixie Chicks!
Comment: The documentary, "Shut Up & Sing", pertains to the country music band "The Dixie Chicks" and the statements made by lead singer, Natalie Maines, in 2003 regarding President Bush & the Iraq War while "The Dixie Chicks" were on tour in London, England.
Maines' statements during the "The Dixie Chicks" concert in London, England set off a fire storm amongst their fans back home in the USA, whom thought her statements about President Bush & the Iraq War were unpatriotic. Many music stations stopped playing music recorded by "The Dixie Chicks" due to public outrage.
"Shut Up & Sing" documents the situation and shows how "The Dixie Chicks" handled the situation and eventually bounced back in full force on their own terms.
"Shut Up & Sing" is a touching documentary that places the viewer in the midst's of what the three women whom make up "The Dixie Chicks" were thinking and feeling during this time in their lives and their career. "Shut Up & Sing" is very well done documentary.
The only drawback for me regarding this documentary was the fact that most of the information in it was already dealt with publicly in the news. I felt as if there wasn't much new in terms of information to be learn that hadn't already been heard before.
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Summary: Entertaining and Informative
Comment: The Chicks made their remark while everyone was really from 9/11. At the time, Bush's approval rating were in the stratosphere. Natalie's remarks in my opinion where a breathe of fresh air.
This movie is more of a day in a life that a political piece. We learn that Natalie was not the Chick's first lead singer and got the job after her Father left a tape for their manager. Natalie has a foul mouth, but a heavenly voice. She is shown laying around a lot. We get a glimpse into the family life of the two other Chicks and a significant amount of time is spent in the recording studio.
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Summary: an important story
Comment: I picked up a copy of this on principle after having seen that it was screening in Los Angeles. The story is now an integral part of American history interwoven with a Presidency that will itself be studied for the rest of time.
Leave it to country music to paint every dimension of the American struggle. As I write this the number of US lives given in Iraq stands at 4113. To the Iraqi people, I would echo the most important line from "Saving Private Ryan" ... "Earn this."
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This documentary captures the female country-&-western group the Dixie Chicks in performance around the U.S. and London between the years 2003 and 2006. While performing in 2003 singer Natalie Maines ignited a maelstrom of controversy and red-state rage when she declared--from a London stage on the eve of the Iraqi conflict--that she was ashamed President George W. Bush was from her home state of Texas. When a rabidly right-wing group picked up on it the band found themselves in the center of controversy regarding the nature of patriotism freedom of speech feminism and the split between pro- and antiwar Americans. Filmmaker Barbara Kopple brings us the fly-on-the-wall view of the next three years: we find Haines and sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire in dressing rooms on stage and in recording studios bonding with each other their families producer Rick Rubin and their supportive manager Simon Renshaw. Through the crises they keep their sense of humor and sisterhood not backing down from their liberal stance and turning the backlash into a triumph. They also make some great music and the film includes plenty of riveting intense footage of the band in performance onstage and in the studio. Among the faces appearing in archival footage are President Bush Bill Maher and rabidly right-wing country star Toby Keith.Format: DVD AUDIO Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 796019799294 Manufacturer No: 79929
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