The Concert for Bangladesh

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The Concert for Bangladesh


Category: Documentary
All Genres: Documentary, Music
Release Year: 1972
Country: USA
Runtime: 103
Rating: 4.6 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Saul Swimmer
Sound: 70 mm 6-Track
Taglines:

  • The Greatest Concert of the Decade! Now you can see it and hear it...as if you were there !


    • Writing by: Brett Piper - writer

    Produced by: George Harrison - producer
    Allen Klein - producer

    Cast: George Harrison - Himself
    Bob Dylan - Himself
    Ravi Shankar - Himself
    Ringo Starr - Himself
    Eric Clapton - Himself
    Leon Russell - Himself
    Billy Preston - Himself
    Klaus Voormann - Himself
    Jim Keltner - Himself
    Pete Ham - Himself
    Tom Evans - Himself

    Music: Jon Greathouse
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for the poor of Bangladesh.
    Plot: Ex-Beatle George Harrison organized this spectacular concert on August 1, 1971 at New Yorks Madison Square Garden to help and aid the people from Bangladesh with all the money raised destined to that cause. Along with Harrison the concert features Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Leon Rusell, Klaus Voormann and an Indian music section by Ravi Shankar and a set by the legendary Bob Dylan.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    To the officials of His Majestys government in British East Africa, the producers wish to express their appreciation for the cooperation that made possible the filming of the safari sequences in Kenya, Tanganyka and Uganda.

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: In between Blowin in the Wind and Just Like a Woman, Bob Dylan attaches his capo to the second fret of his guitar. George Harrison then leans over to speak to Leon Russell, but immediately in the next shot, Dylans guitar is capoed on the fourth fret and George is back in his regular position. (This is most likely due to the deletion of another Dylan song, Mr. Tambourine Man, which was played with a capo on the 2nd fret and is included on the films soundtrack album.)

    Trivia: There are 5 entries in the trivia list - like these:

    • At this concert Eric Clapton plays a Gibson Byrdland guitar designed by Nashville guitarists Hank Garland and Billy Byrd.
    • George Harrison later explained his reasons for turning Ravi Shankar (I)s original plan for a small concert into an all-star show: "The Beatles had been trained to the viewpoint that if youre going to do something, do it big, and why not make a million dollars?"
    • The show marked one of Bob Dylans first concert appearances since the mid-1960s, when he was injured in a motorcycle accident. He later toured extensively. Capitol Records made a special deal with Columbia Records (Dylans label) to include Dylans portion of the show in the soundtrack album: while the LP (and later CD) version was issued on Apple Records (the Beatless label), Columbia Records issued the cassette (and 8-track tape) version.



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