The best Levon Helm’s music movies

Levon Helm

Levon Helm

26/05/1940- 19/04/2012
We present our ranking of the best Levon Helm’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Levon Helm.
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The Last Waltz

The Last Waltz
8.1/10
Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from "The Band's" incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and other rock legends.

Coal Miner's Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 07/03/1980
  • Character: Ted Webb
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.

Festival Express

Festival Express
7.4/10
The filmed account of a large Canadian rock festival train tour boasting major acts. In the summer of 1970, a chartered train crossed Canada carrying some of the world's greatest rock bands. The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, and others lived (and partied) together for five days, stopping in major cities along the way to play live concerts. Their journey was filmed.

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
7.8/10
  • Genre: DocumentaryMusic
  • Release: 04/03/2016
  • Character: Ted Webb (archive footage) (uncredited)
Explore the country legend's hard-fought road to stardom. From her Appalachian roots to the Oscar-winning biopic of her life, Coal Miner's Daughter, Loretta Lynn struggled to balance family and her music career and is still going strong after more than 50 years. The documentary premieres the same day Lynn's first new studio album in over 10 years is released.

Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin

Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
8.5/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 20/07/1990
  • Character: Vocals
A global television broadcast of the event in which former Pink Floyd leader singer and composer Roger Waters led an all-star cast in a mammoth benefit performance of his acclaimed concept album, The Wall. Set in Berlin, Germany less than a year after the destruction of the hated Berlin Wall, Waters was accompanied by disparate talents such as Cyndi Lauper, James Galway, Joni Mitchell and Albert Finney in the classic dark musical tale of a rock star's descent into madness and back.

Mavis!

Mavis!
7.3/10
A look at the life and music of legendary singer and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples.

Lightning in a Bottle

Lightning in a Bottle
7.6/10
On February 7th, 2003, renowned artists across multiple music genres and generations commandeered the stage at New York City's Radio City Music Hall to pay tribute to their common heritage and passion - the blues. Shared with thousands of fans in attendance, legendary performers from roots, rock, jazz and rap joined forces for a once-in-a-lifetime "Salute To The Blues" benefit concert whose proceeds went to musical education.

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
7.4/10
A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.

World Tour 1966: The Home Movies

World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
5.3/10
With a set of drums and an 8mm color home movie camera, Mickey Jones toured the world in 1966 with Bob Dylan and The Band. He captured on film what became known as "The tour that changed Rock and Roll forever." The booing crowds, the scathing reviews, the stomping feet, the infamous catcall of "Judas!" ... all of this in response to Dylan trading in his acoustic folk guitar for an electric sound. Now, for the first time, drummer-turned-actor Mickey Jones (Sling Blade, Home Improvement), with the help of Director Joel Gilbert, chronicles the legendary 1966 Bob Dylan World Tour through his recently discovered home movies. The updated release includes new, exclusive full-length interviews with Charlie Daniels, Johnny Rivers, 1966 World Tour and Gaslight tapes sound man Richard Alderson, and new insights and revelations by Mickey Jones.

The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)

The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 12/02/2021

The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971

The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 17/09/2013
  • Character: Batteria Mandolino voce

Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm

Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
7.1/10
Starting with the image of a tour bus warming its engine in the stillness of an empty lot, this haunting, personal portrait of music legend Levon Helm evokes the mood of a lifetime spent on the road. Jacob Hatley's extraordinarily intimate documentary finds Helm, a founding member of The Band, at home in Woodstock in the midst of creating his first studio album in 25 years. The ultimate survivor, he's overcome drugs, bankruptcy, the bitter breakup of The Band and a bout of throat cancer -but then, as the rueful title indicates, he wasn't in it for his health

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