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This documentary of the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour has become a legendary, harrowing symbol of the tragic demise of the "Peace and Love" era. After a successful tour across the US, the Rolling Stones gave a free December concert at Altamont Speedway in California with the Grateful Dead, Ike and Tina Turner, Jefferson Airplane, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. The band unwisely selected the Hells Angels to provide security, and the bikers resorted to violence to keep the stoned, restless, and often naked crowd in line. The result: dozens of injuries and the on-screen stabbing of a young black man (during "Sympathy for the Devil") by one of the concert's staff security. In a manipulative but effective move, the Maysles brothers filmed Mick Jagger in the editing room witnessing the on-camera murder for the first time. The film also works as a rock-and-roll document, capturing the band at their most relaxed, intoxicating, and electrifying.

Landmark film follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour, culminating in tragedy at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway.

Genres: Documentary, Music

Starring: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts

Released: December 6, 1970

Runtime: 91.0

Popularity Rating: 2.336

Maysles Films, The Criterion Collection

United States of America

Himself (as The Rolling Stones) Mick Jagger
Himself (as The Rolling Stones) Keith Richards
Himself (as The Rolling Stones) Charlie Watts
Himself (as The Rolling Stones) Bill Wyman
Himself (as The Rolling Stones) Mick Taylor
Himself (as Jefferson Airplane) Marty Balin
Himself Sonny Barger
Himself Melvin Belli
Himself Dick Carter
Himself (as Jefferson Airplane) Jack Casady
Himself (as The Flying Burrito Brotthers) Mike Clarke
Himself Sam Cutler
Himself (as Jefferson Airplane) Spencer Dryden
Himself (as The Grateful Dead) Jerry Garcia
Himself (as The Flying Burrito Brothers) Chris Hillman
Himself (black youth stabbed by Hell's Angel) Meredith Hunter
Himself (as Jefferson Airplane) Paul Kantner
Himself (as Jefferson Airplane) Jorma Kaukonen
Himself (as The Flying Burrito Brothers) Pete Kleinow
Himself (concert organizer) Michael Lang
Himself (as The Flying Burrito Brothers) Bernie Leadon
Himself (as The Flying Burrito Brothers) Gram Parsons
Himself (Hell's Angel who stabs Meredith Hunter) Alan Passaro
Himself Roland Schneider
Himself Rock Scully
Himself (as Santana band member) Michael Shrieve
Herself (as Jefferson Airplane) Grace Slick
Himself on KFRC Frank Terry
Himself Ike Turner
Herself Tina Turner
Himself (uncredited) Albert Maysles
Himself (uncredited) Ian Stewart
Himself (as The Grateful Dead) Phil Lesh
Himself (uncredited) David Maysles

Camera — Director of Photography: Albert Maysles
Camera — Director of Photography: David Maysles
Camera — Director of Photography: Gary Weis
Directing — Director: Albert Maysles
Directing — Director: Charlotte Zwerin
Directing — Director: David Maysles
Editing — Editor: Ellen Giffard
Editing — Editor: Joanne Burke
Editing — Editor: Kent McKinney
Editing — Editor: Mirra Bank
Editing — Editor: Robert Farren
Production — Associate Producer: Porter Bibb
Production — Executive Producer: Ronald Schneider