Product Description

The career of one of rock music’s premier musicians is celebrated in The Disney Channel’s award-winning Going Home series. Robbie Robertson’s music covers nearly the entire spectrum of rock ‘n’ roll, spanning the decades. This special utilizes a wide array of film footage that has never before been telecast.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #49331 in DVD
• Released on: 1999-07-24
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 70 minutes

Customer Reviews

like the finest of wine
Robbie Robertson is a phenomenon...he just keeps getting better and better...musically growing and breaking new ground. It's one of the things that makes this documentary so fascinating, to see the development from the early days to the present, ending as it does with a marvelous live performance of "Ghost Dance".

The musical clips are treasures. The moments with Willie Dixon, Bob Dylan (looking like a teenager), a few selections from "The Last Waltz", etc. He's also an expressive and eloquent interview subject...to hear him talk about his youth with Ronnie Hawkins, Dylan writing his songs on a typewriter, and so much more.

A great story teller, with subtle wit and sharp observations, he looks like a Native American Gary Cooper, long, lean and comfortable...with relaxed body language and a voice that's so easy on the ears, making this an incredibly entertaining and enjoyable 70 minutes, spent watching and hearing pure genius.

Classic,
What a joy! Incredible history and roots. Robbie is not only the consummate story teller from the Band and his solo albums, he's also a pleasure to listen to speak about the history of the Band, their involvement with Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsesse and Eric Clapton and more. There is some incredible archival footage of Dylan playing with the Band from the Basement Tapes era, a great dialog segment between Robbie and Scorsesse about the making of the Last Waltz and a not so trivial Rock N Roll trivia revelation from Eric Clapton that he broke up Cream after hearing the Band and then asked Robbie if he could join. WOW. If you're a Band, Dylan fan or just love good documentaries do not miss this!

A great look at an important artist
The "Going Home" DVD combines a number of scenes from a variety of sources. The most valuable to Band fans will be the footage from "Eat the Document", which remains unreleased. There are some errors in fact in the presentation. The most egregious of these is the inclusion and citing of "Up on Cripple Creek" as part of the Basement Tapes as well as citing 1968 as the year of the Basement Tapes. This is really just a bit of griping from a life-long fan of The Band. As a spokesman for the genre and art form, Robbie ranks up there with Pete Townshend as the finest ever.