Mamas & The Papas: Straight Shooter

Mamas & The Papas: Straight Shooter
by Greg Hall

Mamas & The Papas: Straight Shooter
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Actor: Denny Doherty, Dick Clark, Joe Cocker, Mick Fleetwood, The Mamas & the Papas
Director: Greg Hall
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 130 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: STANDING ROOM ONLY

Movie Reviews of Mamas & The Papas: Straight Shooter

Movie Review: Icky. Cool.
Summary: 4 Stars

As I write this, MacKenzie Phillips's controversial confession is swirling and the negative press is coming down, mostly on her. Never on her father, who certainly never did anything wrong, cuz, you know, he was a genius...

Straight Shooter purports to be about the group, but concentrates most on John Phillips. The entire DVD is worth it for the marvelous editing of the story about ending his marriage to take up with a 16 year old. We see his (now) ex-wife, growling about Michelle, "She was ... brazen." Just when I was thinking what a nasty, bitter old woman this was, the show cut to Michelle Phillips, cheerily saying, (paraphrasing) "I saw HER and I knew it was only a matter of time before she was gone, and __I__ was at his side." Then, just as cheerily, she describes cheating on John with Denny while she knew Cass was in love with Denny, and my jaw hit the floor.

That's (to use the writer's cliche) not TELLING you about a person, but SHOWING you. Brilliant.

The backstory of the group is good, but if you are a fan you already know most of the facts presented. Get this DVD for the interviews.

Summary of Mamas & The Papas: Straight Shooter

This is the definitive video biography of one of the 60s' most influential bands, The Mamas and The Papas, and its founder, John Phillips. ?Straight Shooter documents the group's beginning in the Greenwich Village folk scene through their inception in the Virgin Islands and travels to California, the inspiration for one of their biggest hits and the event of the 'Summer of Love,' the Monterey Pop Festival. ?In exclusive interviews, founding members John Phillips, Michelle Phillips and Denny Doherty tell the story of the Mamas and the Papas, supplemented by home movies and personal photographs and interviews with others who witnessed it all. Features performance footage of their greatest hits including: California Dreamin', Monday, Monday, Go Where You Wanna Go and Creeque Alley

Includes Bonus Material: The Chronicles of The Mamas and The Papas; featuring never-before-seen footage and extended archival interviews with John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty, Scott McKenzie, John Stewart (Kingston Trio), Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), Spanky McFarlane, Mackenzie Phillips, Susan Adams and others who were there through the good and bad times, recount the stories of the band, their break-up, the death of Mama Cass Elliott, John's addiction and recovery and much more.

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