Shut up and sing is a documentary film that was released in 2006. Everything you need to know about shut up and sing movie. Controversy follows the dixie chicks after an antibush comment. With david harbour, reg rogers, alexander chaplin, chris bowers. As it follows the dixie chicks around for three years, it. The film traces the backlash against the chicks following singer natalie maines nowinfamous declaration at a london concert on march 10, 2003. The film was made after they made controversial remarks about president george w. Shut up and sing is a 2006 documentary film produced and directed by director barbara kopple and cecilia peck. Shut up and sing also known simply as shut up and sing is a 2006 documentary film produced and directed by director barbara kopple and cecilia peck daughter of.
Shut up and sing also known simply as shut up and sing is a 2006 documentary film produced and directed by director barbara kopple and cecilia peck daughter of actor gregory peck. The film explores the myriad consequences of maines offhanded banterheardroundtheworld, from death threats to a possibly imperiled relationship with sponsor lipton iced tea. Bobs shut up and sing shut up and sing shut up and sing shut up an sing shut up and sing shut up and sing now shut up. Thus, the film shows how they deal with all the criticism and backlash they receive. Shut up and sing follows the dixie chicks, an extremely successful allwoman texasbased country music trio, over a three year period of intense public scrutiny, fan backlash, physical threats, and pressure from both corporate and conservative political elements in the united states after lead singer natalie maines publicly criticised then president george w. They stayed aboard to record one of the most revealing episodes in the history of country music, and shut up and sing 2006 tells the story of how the dixie chicks and their. Shut up and sing on dvd february 20, 2007 starring martie maguire, natalie maines, emily robison, simon renshaw. But the dixie chicks are going to need these hicks after president bush leaves office, because their new fanbase may walk away, too. Dixie chicks shut up and sing travels with the chicks, from their peak of popularity as the national anthemsinging darlings of country music and topselling female recording artists of all time, through the now infamous antibush comment, and on through the days, months and years of mayhem. Shut up and sing needs this dialectic because it clearly has a liberal agenda.
A documentary on the dixie chicks in the wake of singer natalie maines antigeorge w. A film about freedom of speech gone out of control and the three girls lives that were forever. Extraction puts on a familiar show of excessive, hardbody power. Shut up and sing travels with the dixie chicks, from the peak of their popularity as the nationalanthemsinging darlings of country music and topselling female recording artists of all time, through the now infamous antibush comment made by the groups lead singer natalie maines in 2003. True history of the kelly gang soars as a trippy antiwestern. Kopple usually chooses weightier subject matter, as with her harlan county, usa doc about a miners strike, but this was to be a film mostly about music. Shut up and sing travels with the dixie chicks, from the peak of their popularity as the nationalanthemsinging darlings of country music and topselling female recording artists of all time, through the now infamous antibush comment made. In presenting the girls detractors, the filmmaker uses footage of the most ignorant, least educated people possible. Monica film center santa monica monica film center santa monica.
Award winning documentarian barbara kopple american dream. Dixie chicks shut up and sing 2006 rotten tomatoes. Its been a few months since lead singer natalie maines made her infamous antibush remark in. Lets throw out some numbers first, just for perspectives sake. Just so you know, were ashamed the president of the united states is from texas. A group of guys who sang together in a college a cappella group reunite 15 years later to perform at a friends wedding and discover how their lives have progressed and in some cases regressed since their college heyday. Though ostensibly an intimate look at the dixie chicks after their 2003 antibush remark, the film achieves broader relevance by exploring how.
Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. A film about freedom of speech gone out of control and the three girls lives that were forever changed by a small anti. With natalie maines, emily robison, martie maguire, clayton allen. All you need to enter is to email us with the reason why. Shut up and sing is a documentary about the country band from texas called the dixie chicks and how one tiny comment against president bush dropped their number one hit off the charts and caused fans to hate them, destroy their cds, and protest at their concerts. Shut up and sing, barbara kopple and cecilia peck have crafted an insightful and heartfelt look at the experiences of the dixie chicks over the last three years, chronicling the. To the author of this vociferous but illsupported right wing screed, membership in the elite is not an objective position of wealth, power or influence. The documentary spans three years following the country music group known as the dixie chicks. Shut up and sing also known simply as shut up and sing is a 2006 documentary film produced and directed by director barbara kopple and cecilia peck daughter of actor gregory peck the film follows the dixie chicks, an allfemale texasbased country music trio, over a threeyear period of intense public scrutiny, fan backlash, physical threats, and pressure from both. The film jumps back and forth between the immediate. Its 2003 and the dixie chicks are on the soldout united states leg of the top of the world tour.
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