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Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here is a British film of genre Documentary released in USA on 26 june 2012

Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2012)

Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here
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Released in USA 26 june 2012
Length 1h25
Genres Documentary,    Musical
Rating78% 3.936023.936023.936023.936023.93602

The Story of Wish You Were Here is a direct-to-video documentary about the making of Wish You Were Here album by Pink Floyd. After being shown on a few television channels, such as BBC Four, it was released on 26 June 2012, on DVD and Blu-ray.

The film gives an extensive insight of concept, recording the songs and designing the album cover. It includes exclusive interviews with almost every key person, who participated in producing the album. It is the second Pink Floyd documentary by Eagle Rock, the previous being The Making of the Dark Side of the Moon (2003).

The band is represented by all three surviving members – David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Roger Waters. Other participating people include: Joe Boyd, Venetta Fields, Jill Furmanovsky, Roy Harper, Brian Humphries, Peter Jenner, Nick Kent, Aubrey Powell, Ronnie Rondell Jr. (who depicted the "burning man" on the original cover), Gerald Scarfe, and Storm Thorgerson.

The film is about 59 minutes long, with 25 minutes of additional interviews. These also include footage of Roger Waters and David Gilmour performing some excerpts from the original songs, while Brian Humphries, the album's sound engineer, plays back the original sound tapes from Abbey Road Studios archives.

Synopsis

Deux ans après le succès de leur album de 1973 The dark side of the Moon, les membres des Pink Floyd – Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright et Nick Mason – se retrouvent aux mythiques studios d’Abbey Road pour enregistrer leur prochain opus. Pièce maîtresse de ce nouvel album-concept, le long morceau en neuf parties "Shine on you crazy diamond", consacré à Syd Barrett, membre fondateur et génie torturé, qui dut quitter le groupe en 1968. Dès sa sortie, Wish you were here se hisse en tête des charts anglais et américains. Ce film revient sur la genèse de l’album et sur les sessions d’enregistrement, qui ne furent pas de tout repos. Des interviews exceptionnelles de Roger Waters, David Gilmour et Nick Mason, et de leurs collaborateurs – comme Storm Thorgerson, concepteur de la pochette – sont complétées d’archives, notamment un entretien avec Richard Wright, décédé en 2008.

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