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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS EAN: 0796019799294 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Weinstein Company Manufacturer: Weinstein Company Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Weinstein Company Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 20, 2007 Running Time: 93 minutes Studio: Weinstein Company Theatrical Release Date: November 10, 2006 Sales Rank: 7912 MPN: WEID79929D
Description: (Documentary) "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." This film documents how those 15 words in 2003 took the Dixie Chicks from the peak of their popularity as the top-selling female recording artists of all time, through the days, months and years of mayhem that followed.
Amazon.com: Shut Up & Sing finds two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple (American Dream) and co-director Cecilia Peck following the lives and career developments of the Dixie Chicks in the wake of singer Natalie Maines’ denunciation of the Iraq war and President Bush in 2003. The film returns to the pivotal moment in which Maines, speaking to a London audience, raised opposition to America's invasion of Iraq, resulting in a backlash in America. The Chicks, as one sees, have had little peace of mind since then, banned from country music stations, picketed at concerts, and targeted by death threats. Maines, Martie Maguire, and Emily Robison respond to the extensive and sometimes scary criticism they've faced, though their latest music, including a song called "Not Ready to Make Nice," also speaks for itself. Kopple and Peck spend a lot of time with the band on a human level as well, in homes and dressing rooms and recording studios. The collective--and quite touching--portrait is of three women who wish only the best for one another and back each other's decisions all the way. This is essential viewing for fans of the gifted Kopple as well as the always-against-the-odds Dixie Chicks. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - shut up and sing
I loved the film however my experience would have been more enjoyable if I had not made my purchase from Amazon.com. I ordered the movie over a year ago and Amazon.com kept sending me emails delaying ... Read More
Rating: - Shut Up & Ask
One of our great challenges as a Democracy has always been the ironic fear of our freedom of speech. One wonders, "Well, if you say you hate me or have an issue with America or something about America, ... Read More
Rating: - Texas vs Texas
A doco of Dixie Chicks female music band cashing on anti-Iraq-war, anti-US-president stance inevitably triggered questions of freedom speech limits and right to express own opinion pro- and against the ... Read More
Rating: - Not Ready to Make Nice
After buying a year ago, I finally watched it. And I liked it.
To be fair, I was much more into the mechanics of how they wrote and recorded 'Taking the Long Way' than I was over the 'controversy'. ... Read More
Rating: - Originally bought it for my girlfriend, but I enjoyed it too
Good documentary... Much better than I thought it would be. Really gives you a good feel for what they went through after what they said at that fateful concert in London back in 2003. More than anything, it gives ... Read More
- shut up and sing
- Shut Up & Ask