Nine Hundred Nights - Big Brother and the Holding Co. with Janis Joplin
by Michael Burlingame
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Actor: David Getz, James Gurley, Janis Joplin, Peter Albin, Sam AndrewDirector: Michael Burlingame
Editor: Michael Burlingame
Writer: Michael Burlingame
Producer: Ken Schur
Producer: Matt Friedman
Producer: Toby Byron
Writer: Toby Byron
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Published), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Live, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 58 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Pioneer Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Nine Hundred Nights - Big Brother and the Holding Co. with Janis Joplin
Movie Review: A Great Story About "Big Brother & the Holding Company" with Janis Joplin, Including Live Performances (DVD)!!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great story of Big Brother and the Holding Company, a San Francisco, 1960's "counter-cuture" band. It is told by members of the band themselves. It also, covers some of the 1960's San Francisco "scene" (to a certain extent). It does include "Live" footage of the late/great legendary Janis Joplin performing, with the band.
And most of all, it covers the "Texas Tornado" herself - the late/great Janis Joplin, from Port Authur, Texas!!! She joined the "Big Brother & the Holding Company" Band.
The total running time is approximately 148 minutes. There are performances during the "documentary" portion of the dvd. Plus, you get performances featuring Janis Joplin in the bonus features of the DVD.
The bonus performances include: (I think the first one is "Down on Me" - its not listed as a bonus performance on the back of the dvd package, but it is included. Next, you get complete bonus performances of "The Coo Coo", "Ball & Chain", and the outstanding "Piece of My Heart". Janis had an excellent "blues" voice. These performances are a real treat!!! Plus, you get some more bonus material.
Overall, this is a great dvd. Even though it covers the story of Big Brother and the Holding Company, it does contain a substantual amount of Janis Joplin. The bonus complete performances are worth the price of the DVD, just to watch Janis sing. This is a "must-have" for any Janis Joplin fan, and I'm a fan. I think she was one of the greatest "blues" singers of all time.
For me this is a 5 star DVD, mainly, because I like Janis, but I also like the story of "Big Brother & the Holding Company" because this band was a part of Janis Joplin's history. If you're looking for a full concert DVD, this is not the DVD for you. However, if you like Janis, then you'll like this one. This is probably the best dvd out there about Janis and her performances are outstanding!!! So, if you like what I have described you'll probably like this one. Thanks!!!!
P.S. I would like to add that after Janis left The Big Brother & The Holding Company band, she went on to record & perform with the Kozmic Blues Band (this band included trumpets & a saxaphone player). Then she went on to record & perform with her last band, The Full Tilt Boogie Band.
Her big hit "Me & Bobby McGee" was recorded with the Full Tilt Boogie Band. There is a DVD of Janis performing with these 2 other bands, but its hard to find. It's entitled "The Best of Janis Joplin". Please see my review of that one and also, my review of "Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits" CD. Thanks Again!!!!
Summary of Nine Hundred Nights - Big Brother and the Holding Co. with Janis Joplin
Experience the mind-bending sound and soulfoul voice that turned on a generation of rebellious youth. Witness the formation-and disintegration- of one of the most misunderstood and under-appreciated bands of the era, the band that launched Janis Joplin: Big Brother and the Holding Company. Hear the untold story in Big Brother's own words. Includes D.A. Pennebaker's rarely-seen live Generation Club footage of "Piece Of My Heart," and "Comin' Home," their breakout performance of "Ball And Chain" and the unreleased "Combination Of The Two" from Monterey Pop; Cheap Thrills recording session of "Summertime," rehearsal and studio performances of "Down On Me,""Blow My Mind,""hall of The Mountain King" and "Light Is Faster Than Sound."This document, devoted to the two-plus years ('66-'68) that Janis Joplin spent as a member of San Francisco's Big Brother and the Holding Company, offers ample material to support the view that Joplin, who died in 1970 at age 27, was a great singer and an enduring inspiration. On the other hand, it probably won't dissuade those who agree with Pete Townshend of the Who (one of the stars of the '67 Monterey Pop Festival, along with Joplin and Jimi Hendrix), who has called her "just an ugly, hard-drinking, screaming woman." with a band that was "just about the worst f***ing band I'd heard." In addition to a 60-minute documentary that features performance clips, contemporary interviews with the Holding Company and various others, in-studio footage and so on, the DVD offers four complete, decent-sounding filmed performances (including "Ball and Chain" from Monterey, as well as "Piece of My Heart") and one audio-only tune. It's not an especially pretty story--the band was, in fact, rather lame, and Joplin's departure, while perhaps inevitable, wasn't real popular--but it deserves to be told, and Nine Hundred Nights does a fine job of it. --Sam Graham
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