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SOULPOWER
When do you think this film will be released on dvd and will it be extended to show all footage.
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The director is planning to release each of the concerts in full individually after the film has been released.
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I can't wait for that as this is one of my favorite periods of his career.
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http://www.sonyclassics.com/soulpower/
http://www.sonyclassics.com/soulpower/site.html
[Edited on 28-3-2009 by J.B. Collector no.1]
[Edited on 28-3-2009 by J.B. Collector no.1]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XDqWz4Zh2k
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A UK distribution deal has been inked.
First UK screening, other than press screenings, will be at the Glastonbury festival.
[Edited on 17-4-2009 by TwistedVision]
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The film will receive a UK theatrical release on July 10th and will be released on DVD in the UK by December.
I went to the press screening yesterday and the film looks and sounds fantastic in a cinema. Almost all of the performances are astonishingly good,
but the three James Brown tracks at the end still manage to blow everybody else out of the water. When JB started hitting his splits I heard people in
the audience yelp 'Jesus!'
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yo8EHl5Ksc
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i have 2 questions, what is the setlist of james brown's part? and what is the lenght of the james brown's part on this film, more or less?
i think this film can be amazing, best period of his carer but i need the full jb's show
thanks
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there it is:
Soul Power
(Docu)
By EDDIE ****RELLA DASFilms presentation of an Antidote Films production. (International sales: Submarine Entertainment, New York.) Produced by
Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, David Sonenberg, Leon Gast.
Directed by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.
With: James Brown, Bill Withers, BB King, the Spinners, Miriam Makeba, Celia Cruz and the Fania All-Stars, the Crusaders, Muhammad Ali, Don King,
Stewart Levine, Hugh Masakela, George Plimpton, Stokely Carmichael.
(English, French, Spanish, Xhosa dialogue)
Another legendary 1970s-era concert sees the light of day through the miracle of technology in the joyously funky docu "Soul Power." The untold
story of the three-day lineup of soul and world talent that preceded 1974's Muhammad Ali-George Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in Zaire and
toplined James Brown, pic is an instant DVD classic, with prior theatrical and tube action in the cards a la 2003 rediscovery "Festival Express."
Editor-producer-helmer Jeffrey Levy-Hinte worked on the 1995 docu "When We Were Kings," about the Ali-Foreman fight proper. Drawn to the unedited
backstage and concert footage that had languished in the vault, he has sculpted it into a fast-paced overview of the event that showcases both Ali and
Brown at the pinnacle of their powers.
As talent gathers at a New York airport, on-site preparations are so chaotic that there's dispute over concert's actual start date. Meanwhile, talent
erupts in impromptu jams everywhere, from plane to Kinshasha tarmac to urban marketplaces. Chief instigators are Celia Cruz and her band, who seem to
be everywhere and later whip the crowd into a frenzy under energetic bandleader Johnny Pacheco.
Emotional high points are numerous: When asked what he's doing in Africa, late writer-scenester George Plimpton enthusiastically waves a glass and
blurts, "I'm drunk in Africa!," while promoter Don King talks of his "mode of operandi" in organizing the extravaganza. Performer Miriam Makeba's
ex-husband, late black nationalist Stokely Carmichael, greets Ali, who cautions him, "Don't burn up nothin' over here," even as BB King placidly
smokes his pipe while eyeing "the beautiful ladies." Late Spinners lead singer Philippe Wynne even climbs into the ring with Ali during training, with
predictably humorous results.
Concert proper kicks in about a third of the way through. The Spinners glide through "One of a Kind (Love Affair)," Makeba does her novelty hit "The
Click Song," and Brown, whose "Soul Power" opens pic, returns for spirited, sweaty renditions of "Payback," "Cold Sweat," "I Can't Stand Myself" and
"Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)." In all, pic sports some 14 numbers from nine acts, most of them mercifully complete.
Tech package is as clean as could be expected from 30-year-old 16mm stock. HD transfer gives the authentic grain a velvety feel that's perfectly in
keeping with the contempo aesthetic. Sound mix is full and muscular. Pic, of which 35mm prints will be struck, is "in memory of" nine participants or
influences who have since passed away. Levy-Hinte promises the entire concert on DVD, "but that," he writes in the press notes, "is another mountain."
Bring it on.
More than one option(Co) Submarine Entertainment
(Co) Submarine
More than one option(Person) Jim Brown
(Person) James Brown
Song, Song Performer, Actor
(Person) James Brown
Driver, Transportation, Transportation Captain
(Person) James Brown
Assistant, Production Assistant
(Person) James Brown
Property Master
(Person) James Brown
Actor
(Person) James Brown
Hair Stylist, Makeup
(Person) James Brown
Sound Mixer
(Person) James Brown
Carpenter
(Person) James Brown
Actor
(Person) James Brown
Actor, Security
(Person) James Brown
Camera Assistant
(Person) James H Hall
(Person) james Brown
(Person) James Brown
ActorMore than one option(Person) Don King
(Person) Don King
Music
(Person) Don King
Actor
(Person) Don King
Actor
(Person) Don King
Cinematographer, Director of PhotographyMore than one option(Film) De la Part des Copains
(Film) Double Trouble
(Film) Cold Sweat
More than one option(Film) Payback
1999 - Mel Gibson, Brian Helgeland
(Film) Payback
Roger Rodd, Addison Randall
(Film) Payback
Michael Ironside, Russell Solberg
(Film) Payback
(Tv) Defenders: Payback
(Tv) Payback
Camera (color, 16mm-to-HD), Paul Goldsmith, Kevin Keating, Albert Maysles, Roderick Young; editor, David Smith; sound (Dolby 5.1), Tom Efinger.
Reviewed at Toronto Film Festival (Real to Reel), Sept. 10, 2008. Running time: 92 MIN.
Ron:
by the way i don't think it will take long now before the whole JB gig will be out on dvd just like they did with the BB King part many years ago.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_UkUWawFk4
this footage was shot in senegal, africa in the 70's.
it's part of a docu from 1978 called "soulconnection" and it's very hard to find these days.
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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25480434-2902,00.htm...
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yes that,s right the docu from 1978 soulconnection is now hard too find i,m glad that i have this docu i,ve have orginale vhs tape and on 2 dvd one
dvd is a longere version uncut from engeland versie keep jb a live!!! 
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good god !
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for the dutch fans, you can see the film in august in den haag check out this link:
http://www.uitburo.nl/dsp_productie.cfm?prodID=7CBE225F-C97F-D1DF-8...
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Excerpt from a Review:
Beyond all the notes on filmmaking lies the music at the heart of the film. The actual performance footage (which is sadly few and far between) is
stunning to both the eyes and the ears. Bill Withers’ vocal sustains have the power to suspend time and motion throughout the theater. Celia Cruz’s
harmonies are flawless. Best of all is James Brown — watching him sing and dance in living color erases any and all doubts that the Brown was the true
Godfather of Soul.
While the candid nature of the movie is generally admirable, the major flaw of the production is that it almost entirely lacks any greater meaning and
doesn’t evoke any reaction beyond toe-tapping. The goals of the concert organizers — to embody the blackness movement and African pride — are left
entire implicit. The filmmakers break the golden rule of “show, don’t tell” by occasionally including a quasi-profound speech on blackness and the
significance of the event as told by Ali. The key to the symbolism of the concert is the inclusion of black artists from Africa and America. However,
only one major performance by an African artist is used in the film.
The film does not convincingly show the harmony between the roots of African music and the music of African-Americans. On the other hand, perhaps the
images of Zairians dancing joyously to James Brown is all the proof needed.
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http://www.misswit.net/soulpowerfilm/
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new long clip !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r75DYb5-E4
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-k2ZiX30rM
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Super clips, can't wait for the movie and really hope all the seperate concerts will be brought out on film! Hoping for years JB Zaire concert will
be on fikm, allso the other artists very interesting!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd9YOzF1aLM&feature=fvsr
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the film movie docu soul power you can see in dutch bioscoop in september ( i looking to see this film on september on dutch theatre bioscoop ) keep
jb a live!!!! me brotherjamesbrown 
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Thanks!:-)
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