Pearl Jam Twenty
Pearl Jam Twenty | |
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Directed by | Cameron Crowe |
Written by | Cameron Crowe |
Produced by | Michele Anthony Cameron Crowe Morgan Neville |
Cinematography | Nicola B. Marsh |
Release dates |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Pearl Jam Twenty (also known as PJ20) is a 2011 American
documentary directed by Cameron Crowe about the band Pearl Jam. Preliminary footage was being shot as of June 2010.[2] Crowe completed filming in April 2011, after using 12,000 hours of footage of the band for the documentary.[3] The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and also had an accompanying book and soundtrack.[4]
The documentary charts the history of the band, from the demise of Mother Love Bone, their battle against Ticketmaster and the tragedy of the Roskilde Festival in 2000.[5][6]
The film was presented theatrically at select cinemas in the US during the month of September 2011, and premiered on October 21, 2011, on
Blu-ray on October 24, 2011. A book, written by Jonathan Cohen, was published concurrent to the film's release.[7]
Cast
- Eddie Vedder
- Stone Gossard
- Jeff Ament
- Mike McCready
- Matt Cameron
- Chris Cornell
- Kurt Cobain
- Neil Young[8]
Soundtrack
The film soundtrack includes live recordings from 1990 through 2010.
Charts
Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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Australian Music DVDs Chart[9] | 1 |
Austrian Music DVDs Chart[10] | 4 |
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart[11] | 3 |
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart[12] | 4 |
Danish Music DVDs Chart[13] | 3 |
Dutch Music DVDs Chart[14] | 2 |
Finnish Music DVDs Chart[15] | 2 |
Hungarian DVDs Chart[16] | 6 |
Irish Music DVDs Chart[17] | 1 |
Norwegian Music DVDs Chart[18] | 1 |
Portuguese Music DVDs Chart[19] | 2 |
Spanish Music DVDs Chart[20] | 2 |
Swedish Music DVDs Chart[21] | 1 |
Swiss Music DVDs Chart[22] | 4 |
UK Music Videos Chart[23] | 3 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[24] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Portugal (AFP)[25] | Gold | 4,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[26] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Pearl Jam Twenty Kicks Off With World Premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival". Pearl Jam. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ Two Feet Thick article[usurped]
- ^ "Cameron Crowe on 'Pearl Jam Twenty': 'We Went About as Personal as We Could Get'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Twenty," Pearl Jam official website. Accessed December 14, 2014.
- ^ Webster, Andy (September 22, 2011). "A Sound Reverberating Far Beyond Seattle". NY Times. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ Barnes, Henry (September 15, 2011). "Pearl Jam Twenty – review". The Guardian. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ Cohen, Jonathan (September 8, 2011). "Exclusive Excerpt from PJ 20". September 8, 2011. Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ "2011 Films: Pearl Jam Twenty". tiff.net. Archived from the original on September 12, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "ARIA Top 40 Music DVD" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1131): 22. October 31, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 04.11.2011". Austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Ultratop 10 Muziek-DVD". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Ultratop 10 DVD Musicaux". Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- IFPI Denmark. Archived from the originalon April 12, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "DVD Music Top 30". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland(in Finnish). Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Archívum: Kereső – Előadó/cím Szerint". Mahasz (in Hungarian). Light Media. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Irish Charts – Singles, Albums & Compilations". IRMA. Fireball Media. Archived from the original on November 4, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "DVD Audio Uke 45, 2011". VG-lista (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Top Oficial AFP". Artistas & Espectáculos (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on November 21, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- Media Control GfK International. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2013. Search for Pearl Jam and click Sök.
- ^ "Swiss Charts – Music DVD Top 10 06.11.2011". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "2011-11-05 Top 40 Music Video Archive | Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Top Oficial AFP". Artistas & Espectáculos (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on January 2, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "American video certifications – Pearl Jam – Twenty". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
External links
- Pearl Jam 20 at IMDb