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I Need That Record!

05/03/2008

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1hr 17min

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Documentary

,Music

The death (or possible survival) of the independent record store

STORY

Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a vanishing subculture...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade," (Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe). A tour-de-force tale of greed, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, downloading, and technological shifts in the music industry told through candid interviews, crestfallen record store owners, startling statistics, and eye-popping animation. Fat cats or our favorite record stores? You decide. Featuring- IAN MACKAYE, NOAM CHOMSKY, MIKE WATT, THURSTON MOORE, LENNY KAYE (Patti Smith), CHRIS FRANTZ (Talking Heads), GLENN BRANCA, PATTERSON HOOD (Drive By Truckers), PAT CARNEY (Black Keys) , LEGS MCNEIL, BOB GRUEN, BP HELIUM, and many indie record stores across the U.S.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Glenn Branca
  • Pat Carney
  • Noam Chomsky
  • Chris Frantz
  • Bob Gruen

    Director

  • Brendan Toller

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Brendan Toller Productions
  • Outre Films

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Glenn Branca

Himself

Pat Carney

Self

Noam Chomsky

Himself

Chris Frantz

Himself

Bob Gruen

Self

Patterson Hood

Self

Lenny Kaye

Himself

Ian MacKaye

Himself

Legs McNeil

Self

Thurston Moore

Himself

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