The films title comes from a phish song of the same name, which is featured at the end of the movie. The falls under fair use as this was an educational. Both formats feature extra footage, including uncut live performances of punch you in the eye, maze, big black furry creature from mars and lawn boy, as well as additional interview sequences that didnt make it into the film. Bittersweet motel has been played approximately once every 104. Bittersweet motel 2000 starring trey anastasio and jon fishman on dvd and bluray. Bittersweet motel is a documentary about the popular rock band phish. Bittersweet motel 2000 bittersweet motel 2000 user. The mockingbird foundation is a nonprofit organization founded by phish fans in 1996 to generate charitable proceeds from the phish community and since were entirely volunteer with no office, salaries, or paid staff administrative costs are less than 2% of revenues. This was the sixth of ten major outdoor summer festivals held by phish. It is a twodisc dvd set chronicling phishs twoday summer festival in limestone, maine on august 23, 2003.
Bittersweet motel movie trailer and videos tv guide. On december 11, 2012, phish will release star lake 98, a brand new 2dvd set recorded live on august 11, 1998 at star lake amphitheatre in burgettstown, pennsylvania. The film was directed by todd phillips later the director of old school, the hangover trilogy and joker and covers the bands summer and fall 1997 tours, plus footage from their 1998 spring tour of europe. Bittersweet motel 2000 is a documentary about the rock band phish. Bittersweet motel will be making its canadian theatrical debut at the capitol theatre in london, ontario from january 26 through february 1.
Bittersweet motel 2000 filmmaker todd phillips chronicles freeform rock band phish from the great went concert in maine in 1997 to the end of the tour in august 1998. Joshua plank produced and directed by todd phillips dvd produced by jason colton additional editing. Phish bittersweet motel unofficial trailer youtube. And bittersweet motel, the 2000 documentary by todd phillips, serves up exactly what they want. Ironically, bittersweet motel clocks in at less than 90 minutes less than half the length of a typical phish concert. The most dramatic event in the movie, which opens today at cinema. Todd phillips direct this documentary look at phish, following the vermontbased band on several concert.
The star lake 98 show was the 20th of summer to display the loose, experimental vibe of a tour that began in europe and jumped to the united states enroute to the summers ending lemonwheel festival. All donations made via the waterwheel foundation will be given. Phish bittersweet motel dvd, 2001, widescreen for sale. Since its debut, bittersweet motel has been played, on average, once every 37. In august of 2000 the todd phillipsdirected phish movie, bittersweet motel was released featuring footage and interviews captured in 1997. True, phishs redheaded lead singer, trey anastasio, is shown drinking. The falls under fair use as this was an educational project for my postproduction class at james madison. But niceness is precisely the ambience of bittersweet motel, todd phillipss. Bittersweet motel will be released on dvd and vhs on march 6th. Subscribe and be the first to know about new official phish content on youtube. Additional theatrical runs in february are expected to be announced shortly for toronto, vancouver, whistler, ottawa, montreal, waterloo and guelph markets subject to. Bittersweet motel features the added gem of eight additional scenes that total around 35 minutes. The first disc contains a fulllength documentary originally aired on pbs in 2004, featuring interviews with the band, song excerpts, and images from the concert grounds and festival events. This eightyminute documentary tracks the band over the course of a year on and off stages across the united states and europe and at home in vermont.
The movie itself is ok, nothing special, always good to see phish on film. With trey anastasio, jon fishman, mike gordon, page mcconnell. Trey anastasio, jon fishman, mike gordon, page mcconnell edited by alan oxman director of photography. The most dramatic event in the movie, which opens today at cinema village, is an outdoor concert near a small town in maine at which the fans were invited to take off their clothes and lie down in a circle. Bittersweet motel watch online bittersweet motel is a movie i watch at least once a year, usually around the holidays. The best entry is maze, which starts with a nice mix of slow and fast rhythms and ends up in an improvised jam. Bittersweet motel 2000 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Stranger than fiction films present a todd phillips movie phish bittersweet motel featuring. Here trey unveils a new song acoustically that hasnt been released yet. This year, its especially wonderful because phish is. Bittersweet motel 81198, burgettstown, pa from the star lake 98 dvd over three decades later, phish would transform maslows concept into a simple lyric the central tenet of bittersweet motel which is a heavy truism applicable to both our travels down the road of life, and the inherent frustrations that can manifest during life on the road. Bittersweet motel from phish star lake 98 2dvd set, recorded 81198 at star lake amphitheatre, burgettstown, pa released december 11, 2012 and available for preorder now.
The film focuses on phish s music, with little emphasis on their diehard fan base. Several of them are brief, throwaway interviews, but they also include fulllength versions of four more phish songs. Todd phillips direct this documentary look at phish, following the vermontbased band on several concert tours. The film was directed by todd phillips later the director of old school and the hangover and covers the bands summer and fall 1997 tours, plus footage from their 1998 spring tour of europe. Bittersweet motel the four members of phish have no pretenses about their antisexy, outofstyle looks, and, in a strange way, thats the key to their paradoxical appeal. This is an unofficial trailer for the phish rockumentary, bittersweet motel. It was last played december 6, 2019, which was 10 shows ago. He could have done a phish interview movie, but it became increasingly. Bittersweet motel was the result, capturing the bands onstage chemistry, their interaction with their fans, and both the lighter and more serious sides of their lives off stage. The documentary ends with the great went, a giant twoday festival held in upstate maine which attracted 70,000 people. If bittersweet motel were my first exposure to the band phish, i am almost sure that i would hate them. Given almost unlimited access to the band for a year, he seemed determined to portray them in a thoroughly unappealing light. Bittersweet motel takes a look at the iconoclastic musicians of phish, one of rock and rolls most successful touring bands, a group rolling stone magazine has called the most important band of the 90s. The film focuses on phishs music, with little emphasis on their diehard fan base.
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