Concert for Kampuchea
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The Concert for Kampuchea | |
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DVD cover of The Concert for Kampuchea |
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Directed by | Keith McMillan |
Produced by | Bob Mercer |
Starring | Wings Elvis Costello The Pretenders Ian Dury Rockpile Queen The Specials The Who |
Cinematography | Anthony Richmond |
Distributed by | Almi Cinema 5 |
Release date(s) | August, 1980 |
Running time | 90 min. |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
The Concert for Kampuchea (subtitled "Rock for Kampuchea") is a musical film from the best of the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea. The film was directed by Keith McMillan and was 4 nights of concerts in Hammersmith Odeon to raise money for the victims of Pol Pot's reign of terror in Cambodia. The event was organized by Paul McCartney and Kurt Waldheim (who was then Secretary-General of the U.N.), and it involved older artists such as McCartney and The Who as well as younger new wave acts like The Clash and the Pretenders. The film finishes with the presentation of Wings' Rockestra (more of 25 musicians playing together). They get on stage, sing, and get off with intermissions. Filmed in 1979, Concert for Kampuchea did not receive American theatrical distribution until it was picked up by Miramax in 1988.
[edit] Track Listing
- Opening commentary by Peter Ustinov
- Performed by Queen:
- Performed by Matumbi:
- Guide Us Jah (In Your Own Way)
- Performed by The Clash:
- Armageddon Time
- Performed by The Pretenders:
- Performed by Wings:
- Got To Get You Into My Life
- Getting Closer
- Every Night
- Arrow Through Me
- Coming Up
- Performed by The Specials:
- Monkey Man
- Performed by Elvis Costello & The Atraccions:
- The Imposter
- Performed by Rockpile with Robert Plant
- Crawling From The Wreckage
- Little Sister
- Performed by Ian Dury & The Blockhads:
- Sweet Gene Vincent
- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
- Performed by The Who:
- Sister Disco
- Behind Blue Eyes
- See Me, Feel Me
- Performed by Billy Connolly:
- Introduccion to the Rockestra
- Performed by the Rockestra: