Rent Horslips: The Return of the Dancehall Sweethearts (2005)
4.4 of 5 from 47 ratings
3h 30min
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- Synopsis:
This is a film about a rock and roll band, about what they did and how they did it, and about how doing it at all affected an awful lot of people. For the 10 years that was the 70's Horslips ploughed their unique musical furrow from their home base in Ireland into mainland Europe and on into America. In an eight year period from 1972 to their last show in 1980, when Charles O'Connor's fiddle spun hypnotically through the spotlights in the Ulster Hall, they had produced a staggering 12 albums and performed live over 2000 times. This is a film about that journey.
DVD 1A feature film about Horslips against the backdrop of 1970's Ireland, directed by Maurice Linnane (U2, Van Morrison, Foo Fighters, Rolling Stones). The film includes interviews with Horslips as well as Bono, The Edge, Pat McCabe, Joseph O'Connor, Philip Chevron, John Waters and many more.
DVD 2
DVD Extras include...
- 19 rare performances (1973-1979) of Horslips classics:
- Furniture
- Bi'm Istigh ag Ol
- Dearg Doom
- Faster Than the Hound
- Charolais Maeve's Court
- The Snakes' Farewell to the Emerald Isle
- King of the Fairies
- Ny Kiree Fo Nachty
- Mad Pat
- Blindman
- Johnny's Wedding
- Trouble with a Capital T
- The Man Who Built America
- Guests of the Nation
- Loneliness
- Shakin' All Over- Actors:
- Bono, Eamonn Carr, Philip Chevron, Michael Deeny, Barry Devlin, The Edge, Dave Fanning, Johnny Fean, Horslips, David Immerglück, Maurice Linnane, Jimmy Lockhart, Pat McCabe, Paul McGuinness, Charles O'Connor, Joseph O'Connor, John Waters
- Directors:
- Maurice Linnane
- Producers:
- Maurice Linnane
- Writers:
- Maurice Linnane
- Studio:
- Horslips Records
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
- Countries:
- Ireland
