{"id":29519,"date":"2024-05-15T18:06:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/documentary-becoming-led-zeppelin-getting-theatrical-release\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T18:06:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:06:29","slug":"documentary-becoming-led-zeppelin-getting-theatrical-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/documentary-becoming-led-zeppelin-getting-theatrical-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary &#8216;Becoming Led Zeppelin&#8217; getting theatrical release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-05-15\/M_LedZeppelin_051524.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Photo Credit: Led Zeppelin 1969 \u00a92024 Paradise Pictures <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A long-awaited documentary about legendary rockers <strong>Led Zeppelin<\/strong> is now one step closer to being released.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sony Pictures Classics just acquired the rights to the\u00a0film, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Becoming Led Zeppelin<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, which first premiered as a work-in-progress at the 2021 Venice Film Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Now completed, the documentary, described as a \u201chybrid docu-concert film,\u201d is the first officially sanctioned film about the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame group. It features never-before-seen footage newly unearthed from the band\u2019s archives, including home movies and family photos. There\u2019s also previously unseen performance footage from The Filmore West in January 1969, The Atlanta Pop Festival in July 1969 and The Texas Pop Festival in August 1969.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Directed by <strong>Bernard MacMahon<\/strong>, the doc also includes exclusive interviews with Led Zeppelin\u2019s <strong>Jimmy Page<\/strong>, <strong>Robert Plant<\/strong> and <strong>John Paul Jones<\/strong>, as well as previously unheard interviews with their late drummer, <strong>John<\/strong> <strong>Bonham<\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to the press release, the film is \u201ca visceral musical experience that will transport audiences into the concert halls of Led Zeppelin\u2019s earliest tours, accompanied by intimate commentary from the famously private band.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhen I saw the early cut of the film premiered, at the Venice Film Festival, it was amazing,\u201d Page shares. \u201cThe energy of the story, and the power of the music, is phenomenal.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sony Pictures Classics is planning for a theatrical release of the film, but so far there\u2019s no word on when it will hit theaters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Led Zeppelin 1969 \u00a92024 Paradise Pictures A long-awaited documentary about legendary rockers Led Zeppelin is now one step closer to being released.\u00a0 Sony Pictures Classics just acquired the rights to the\u00a0film, Becoming Led Zeppelin, which first premiered as a work-in-progress at the 2021 Venice Film Festival. Now completed,<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/documentary-becoming-led-zeppelin-getting-theatrical-release\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}