Motown: The DVD

November. 03,2009      NR
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Let’s begin with the facts. Motown: The DVD contains 18 vintage clips of Motown artists performing some of their best known songs. Only five of the 18 are actually live performances. Of these, Gladys Knight and the Pips’ performance of “Grapevine” at the 1972 Save the Children Concert and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles doing “Tears of a Clown” on the Andy Williams Show in 1971 stand out. The rest of the clips have been gathered from a variety of U.S. and overseas sources including the Ed Sullivan Show, the Mike Douglas Show, Hullabaloo, and Live from the Bitter End. Marvin Gaye, Martha & the Vandellas, Contours, Brenda Holloway, Marvelettes, Stevie Wonder, Temptations, Gladys Knight, Marvin Gaye, Four Tops, Supremes, Martha & the Vandellas, Smokey and the Miracles Robinson, Kim Weston, Contours, Brenda Holloway, Marvelettes, Jimmy Ruffin, David Ruffin, Edwin Starr

Reviews

SunnyHello
2009/11/03

Nice effects though.

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Taraparain
2009/11/04

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

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FirstWitch
2009/11/05

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Bergorks
2009/11/06

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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