Becoming Led Zeppelin
Synopsis
Featuring new interviews with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones, as well as rare archival interviews with the late drummer John Bonham, and previously unseen archive imagery, state of the art audio transfers of the band’s music, and music that influenced the band’s sound.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2021 - Out of Competition - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 137 min
- Director
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Bernard MacMahon
- Producer
- Ged Doherty, Duke Erikson, Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty, Peter Saraf
- Executive Producer
- Marc Turletaub
- Editor
- Dan Gitlin
- Screenwriter
- Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty
- Director of Photography
- Vern Moen
- Production Designer
- Bernard MacMahon
- Sound
- Nicholas Bergh
- Principal cast
- Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Robert Plant
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Paradise Pictures
Allison McGourtySales Company
Altitude Film Sales (World sales excluding US)
34 Foubert's PlaceLondon W1F 7PX
Creative Artists Agency/ CAA (US sales)
2000 Avenue of the StarsLos Angeles
CA 90067
USA
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