As a pregnant teenager, apples journey sends her into a perilous struggle until she finds salvation in a suburban shelter for homeless teens. Gimme shelter, based on a true story, is about a pregnant teenager called apple played by vanessa hudgens of high school musical fame who runs away from her abusive mother and prefers life on. Shelter, based on a true story, is about a pregnant teenager called. Aug 15, 2014 gimme shelter and shine a light are better documents of the band, but nothing compares to the sheer lunacy and singularity of this doc that literalized the metaphorical circus that was both the. Now, in a meeting engineered by traceys schoolboy son travis, they both turn up for a book signing by sexy authoress foxy cohen who is actually dorien.
Blowing up a movie to solve a murder i was never really sold on the idea of doing a straight tour film of the stones, david maysles said. It grapples with and pushes toward hope and life in the midst of pregnancy, abandonment, homelessness and abuse. Gimme shelter has an episodic structure that gives a monotonous and then this happened, and then this happened feel to all of the hardships that apple encounters. The maysles crew including a young george lucas may have captured riveting performances by the stones and their tourmates ike. Gimme shelter and shine a light are better documents of the band, but nothing compares to the sheer lunacy and singularity of this doc that literalized the metaphorical circus that was both the. Jun 28, 2010 forced to give up his dreams of art school, zach spends his days working a deadend job and helping his needy sister care for her son. Movies tv shows news live fashion learning spotlight 360 video browse channels. Gimme shelter 1970 stream and watch online moviefone.
The film stars jennifer connelly and anthony mackie, alongside a supporting cast featuring rob morgan, amy hargreaves, and bruce altman. Shelter me is an entertaining and uplifting film series about shelter pets improving the lives of those who adopt them. Maybe a little bit of 8 mile or precious, gimme shelter reminds a bit of. Gimme shelter, in general, is an indie film that captures all the phases of a difficult life in the streets of a city. Gimme shelter is a clunkilymade, batshitcrazy parable that hammers you over the head with its christian, antiabortion message. May 15, 2012 shelter me is an entertaining and uplifting film series about shelter pets improving the lives of those who adopt them.
Vanessa hudgens gives the best performance of her career nyc movie guru in this uplifting film about one girls. Nov 10, 2011 take shelter is a brooding, psychological thriller that does a wonderful job of generating foreboding and unease, while hinting at bigger thematic questions. Gimme shelter movie clip baby makes three 2014 vanessa hudgens movie hd duration. The las vegas casino feature in not another celebrity movie was called the riviera hotel and casino. Gimme shelter is a 20 american independent christian drama film written and directed by ronald krauss and starring vanessa hudgens, james earl jones, rosario dawson, stephanie szostak, emily meade, ann dowd, and brendan fraser. There are car crashes and locked shelter doors, uncomprehending social workers and screaming families. A pregnant teen vanessa hudgens learns to break the bonds of her past and embrace her future after taking refuge at a shelter for homeless youths. The 1970 documentary film, gimme shelter, which was directed by albert and david maysles and charlotte zwerin, and which chronicled the final weeks of the stones 1969 u. Every year, 34 million dogs and cats are euthanized in americas shelters. Curtis is in construction, a steady guy in a steady job taking care of his family. Birds of a feather gimme shelter tv episode 2014 imdb. Take shelter is a brooding, psychological thriller that does a wonderful job of generating foreboding and unease, while hinting at bigger thematic questions.
The movie was rush released in 1970 to come out before the woodstock documentary. You will not be the same after you have experienced it. I have written a book called, gimme love, gimme hope, gimme shelter. Gimme shelter movie inspiration, kathy difiore risen magazine. And i also read somewhere that they had real women from shelters acting in the film. The story behind the story of gimme shelter peanuts. Shelter is a 2014 american drama film written and directed by paul bettany in his directorial debut. Solar music rights management, aresa, bmi broadcast. The rolling stones gimme shelter live official promo. The 1970 documentary film gimme shelter, directed by albert and david maysles and charlotte zwerin, 33 chronicling the last weeks of the stones 1969 us tour and culminating in the disastrous altamont free concert, took its name from the song.
Feb 02, 2014 one does not see this movie called gimme shelter, one encounters this movie. Watch gimme shelter starring vanessa hudgens in this drama on directv. Jan 23, 2014 but on friday, a terrific movie opens across the country that will shed light instead of heat on prolifers. The film is named after gimme shelter, the lead track from the groups 1969 album let it bleed. The story behind the story of gimme shelter peanuts and. That was all bucky could think as he watched steve walk down the sidewalk toward him. Had the characters been written with more layers and insight, and sans the heavyhandedness that afflicts it as it stands, gimme shelter couldve risen to its potential.
Official trailer for paul bettanys shelter starring jennifer connelly. Gimme shelter is a clunky antiphilomena new york post. His mate dewart tells him, kindly and a little enviously, that he has a good life. Her mother, june bailey rosario dawson, is an addict and prostitute, is verbally and physically abusive, and is grooming her daughter to follow in her footsteps. Teenage anges bailey, also called apple, struggles to survive with life on the street. Problem is, the vessel theyve constructed to deliver said. This predictable teen movie combines cheerleading and dancing but does not add a viable storyline or characterization to carry the entertainment past those activities. Hosted by actress katherine heigl, shelter me celebrates the humananimal bond with positive, uplifting stories about shelter pets and their new homes. In gimme shelter, a priest reaches out to smooth a path the. A change is gonna come written and performed by sam cooke. Released 1970, gimme shelter stars mick jagger, keith richards, mick taylor, charlie watts the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score of 80 out of 100 on metacritic. Gimme shelter, written and directed by ronald krauss and based on a. A mulatto girl named agnes violently cuts off most of her own hair. Screen media films has debuted a trailer for paul bettanys directorial debut titled shelter, costarring.
Official trailer for paul bettanys shelter starring. It was released on video in 1992, and rereleased in theaters in 2000 for the 30th anniversary. The rolling stones gimme shelter official lyric video. A teenager sets out to find her biological father and is forced into the streets in a journey of survival. Gimme shelter 2014 based on a true story centering on 16yearold agnes apple bailey vanessa hudgens, gimme shelter uncovers the struggle for survival and the hope of redemption through the harsh realities of life on the streets. Gimme shelter is a 1970 britishamerican documentary film directed by albert and david maysles and charlotte zwerin chronicling the last weeks of the rolling stones 1969 us tour which culminated in the disastrous altamont free concert.
Called the greatest rock film ever made, this landmark documentary follows the rolling stones on their notorious 1969 u. Vanessa hudgens in gimme shelter 20 james earl jones and ann. The bright blue cotton clung to steves body so closely that bucky could make out his firm pectorals and washboard abs. While not a movie star in the new film gimme shelter, she is very much a. With vanessa hudgens, rosario dawson, brendan fraser, james earl jones. Scotti, looking pale and grim, called the alameda county sheriffs department, and within minutes two plainclothes detectives, robert. Its somewhat rare when mainstream movies find an ally with the catholic church, but gimme shelter apparently has friends, even in the highest reaches of the vatican. Jan 24, 2014 based on a true story, gimme shelter is a gritty, painfully grownup depiction of what it looks like when a teenager vanessa hudgens is forced to grow up too soon. Gimme shelter starts off in a very slummy, rundown section of brooklyn. It is based on a true story about a runaway teenage girl who gets pregnant and is placed in a home for pregnant girls. Gimme shelter is definitely a wellmade documentary, although not really better made than many other similar documentaries.
With pauline quirke, linda robson, lesley joseph, charlie quirke. Bucky was sure that if steve removed his aviator sunglasses, the blue of his eyes would perfectly match that shirt. If people want to support more than just going to the movie, but maybe directly to the several source shelters, or even start a shelter in the city they live, what are the next best steps. It was released on november, 2015, by screen media films. The film is called gimme shelter, and it opens with a teenage girl named apple played by vanessa hudgens running away from her vicious, drugaddict mother. The strength is what exactly this one is showing, namely the death of 60s innocence at a sleazy unorganized concert packed with druggedout hippies watching the worlds greatest rock and roll band.
What really saved the movie, however, was lorna raver, who played the crazy gypsy woman in drag me to hell. The movie gimme shelter is based on of a true story. When three hundred thousand members of the love generation collided. To my surprise, i found that a big part of the story of gimme shelter is in the end credits, which say that the movie was filmed by the maysles brothers and in alphabetical order the. Gimme shelter borrows a great movies title for a new teen. Jul 15, 2011 hudgens is currently filming a movie called gimme shelter, where she plays a young girl who gets kicked out of her fathers home after becoming pregnant and deciding to keep the baby. It stars trevor wright, brad rowe, and tina holmes. It isnt the fault of vanessa hudgens that her new movie, gimme shelter, steals its title from one of the best music documentaries ever made.
Gimme shelter is a 20 american independent christian drama film written and directed by. In case youre still undecided, here is the trailer for gimme shelter. The movie does uplift, but in that maddeningly unspecific, forgettable way that afterschool specials do. Gimme shelter altamont free concert 1969 the movie by mandikhoras. Sharon and tracey have not spoken for years, since sharon called traceys new husband ralph a bad lot which he was, hence traceys divorcing him. Gimme shelter is the opening track to the 1969 album let it bleed by the rolling stones. The rolling stones gimme shelter in movies, tv and video.
Gimme shelter is a simplistic, faintly emotional account of a pregnant teens desperate search for help, support and compassion with the huge decision she faces. Hudgens is currently filming a movie called gimme shelter, where she plays a young girl who gets kicked out of her fathers home after becoming pregnant and deciding to keep the baby. The landmark documentary about the tragically illfated rolling stones free concert at altamont speedway on december 6, 1969. Apple knows the streets, alleys and motels like the back of her hand but wants more from her life. Gimme shelter is an upcoming independent film directed and written by ron krauss, starring vanessa hudgens as a pregnant teenager who.
Jun 25, 2015 called the greatest rock film ever made, this landmark documentary follows the rolling stones on their notorious 1969 u. Im tempted to give this movie a 610, just because of her, but she was the only good thing in it. Released december 6th, 1970, gimme shelter stars mick jagger, keith richards, mick taylor, charlie watts the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of 80 out of 100. Rolling stones tour film gimme shelter is a classic rock. Vanessa hudgens talks gimme shelter, stepping outside of her comfort zone, playing a strong female character, the kitchen sink, spring breakers, more. He offers to let apple live at a shelter for pregnant young women run by a spiritual woman named kathy ann. The movie shows how she has to beg to get food and to find a place to sleep at night. When 300, 000 members of the love generation collided with a few dozen hells angels at san franciscos altamont speedway, direct cinema pioneers david and albert maysles and charlotte zwerin were there to immortalize the bloody slash that transformed a decades dreams. Gimme shelter was clearly made with good intentions, and if nothing else, krauss and hudgens deliver their message with conviction. The film was shot in the home of kathy difiore and the original several sources shelter.
When you are a movie star, touring the county promoting your film, it is all in a days work. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. The concert proved one thing, a lack of inexperienced security. Just hearing her voice on the phone was enough to creep me out. An afterschool special blown up on the big screen, it stridently aims to inspire you. The film doesnt make the time to get as extensive as it could have with its. Nov 27, 2012 gimme shelter live the rolling stones. Its simplistic because the script discounts debate over that decision and glosses over the messy details of the path she chooses. Based on a true story, gimme shelter is a gritty, painfully grownup depiction of what it looks like when a teenager vanessa hudgens is forced to grow up too soon. A pregnant teenager flees life with her drugaddicted mother and ends up living on the street before being welcomed into her first real home in gimme shelter, an extraordinary tale of survival and redemption inspired by actual events.
Gimme shelter, written and directed by ronald krauss, begins with the familiar based on a true story note and ends with sidebyside photographs of actors from the movie and some of. Gimme shelter is the title of the movie that documented the stones 1969 tour, including the altamont concert where a fan was stabbed by a hells angels security guard. A pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by her stepmother and forced to survive on the streets until a. We first see agnes who prefers to be called apple and is played by. Gimme shelter has been played in a variety of movies and television showscommercials. Watch gimme shelter online stream full movie directv. Greil marcus, writing in rolling stone magazine at the time of its release, praised the song, stating that the band has never done anything better although the first word was spelled gimmie on that album, subsequent recordings by the band and other musicians have made gimme the customary spelling.
Young mothers who have no support and no love and no place to call their own just so much. In gimme shelter, a priest reaches out to smooth a path. Only four months earlier, woodstock defined the love generation. She goes to a phone booth in the apartment building, and her mother violently attacks her to keep her from running away from home. Needless to say, gimme shelter is only somewhat a concert movie. Shelter feels like an act of penance for all involved, and connellys powerful performance perfectly captures the anguish of a woman rendered all but invisible by poverty. Gimme shelter movie inspiration, kathy difiore risen. Gritty gimme shelter is a brilliant, life affirming film.
Jan 23, 2014 gimme shelter is a simplistic, faintly emotional account of a pregnant teens desperate search for help, support and compassion with the huge decision she faces. Gimme shelter written by mick jagger and keith richards performed by the rolling stones. Shelter is a 2007 american romantic drama film produced by jd disalvatore and directed and written by jonah markowitz. Gimme shelter 2014 based on a true story centering on 16yearold agnes apple bailey vanessa hudgens, gimme shelter uncovers the. Jan 24, 2014 gimme shelter, written and directed by ronald krauss, begins with the familiar based on a true story note and ends with sidebyside photographs of actors from the movie and some of. Gimme shelter is a film experience that you wont forget, but be warned, this film is intense and the footage is real, all too real.
In his free time he surfs, draws and hangs out with his best. Unfortunately, that and a couple of respectable performances are the only saving graces in a movie that feels like the final result of a cgrade director having watched precious and decided that he could do better. The true story how a free rolling stones concert turned into a colossal mass bad trip and spawned the most harrowing rock n roll movie ever made. Help give every student and teacher free resources for a worldclass moral catholic education. What version of gimme shelter is used in the movie casino.