A documentary of the Irish rock group U2 on their Fall 1987 tour of North America.A documentary of the Irish rock group U2 on their Fall 1987 tour of North America.A documentary of the Irish rock group U2 on their Fall 1987 tour of North America.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
- Self
- (as The Memphis Horns)
- Self
- (as The Memphis Horns)
- Self
- (as Joseph M. Miskulin)
- Self
- (as Press Conference Interviewer)
- Self
- (as New Voices of Freedom)
- Self
- (as Graceland Tour Guide)
- Self
- (as New Voices of Freedom)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBono was advised to delete his "fuck the revolution" speech during the instrumental to "Sunday Bloody Sunday" from the film, as it was claimed that IRA paramilitaries had added the band to their hit-lists. The outburst, in response to the Enniskillen bombing that killed eleven people and wounded many more, stayed in the film anyway.
- Quotes
Bono: Now lemme tell you somethin'. I've had enough of Irish Americans who haven't been back to their country in twenty or thirty years come up to me and talk about the resistence, the revolution back home. And the glory of the revolution, and the glory of dyin' for the revolution. Fuck the revolution! They don't talk about the glory of killing for the revolution. What's the glory in takin' a man from his bed and gunnin' him down in front of his wife and his children? Where's the glory in that? Where's the glory in bombing a Rememberance Day parade of old-aged pensioners, their medals taken out and polished up for the day. Where's the glory in that? To leave them dyin', or crippled for life, or dead, under the rubble of a revolution that the majority of the people of my country don't want. Sing no more!
- SoundtracksHelter Skelter
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Recorded live at McNichols Arena in Denver, Colorado
U2:RATTLE AND HUM is the movie release made to tie in with the album of the same name that when it was released in the Autumn of 1988 became the fastest selling album in British chart history . It consists of interviews , concert footage (and the occasional track being recorded in the studio , nothing groundbreaking or radical and what you make of this documentary all comes down to what you make of late 1980s recordings from Bono and the boys since most of the concert tracks are from The Joshua Tree . In its favour it`s far better directed and edited than the 1983 release UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY but if like me you prefer early 80s U2 then you`ll be disappointed with what`s missing , stuff like Gloria ( Not the Van Morrison song ) , I Will Follow and Electric Co . Bizarrely the best track from the album HawkMoon 269 is conspicious by its absence . I say bizarrely because Bono is on record as saying at the time it was his all time favourite U2 track and is the stand out track from the album . As it stands the movie`s highlight is the rendition of Sunday Bloody Sunday played on the night of Sunday 8th November 1987 hours after an IRA bomb had murdered 11 people and maimed scores more at a remembrance service in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen where Bono explodes a few myths of " The glory of the revolution "
I got the DVD for my Christmas a couple of years ago ( Thanks Michelle ) and I was very disappointed since it basically contains just the movie and a choice of subtitles with no extras
- Theo Robertson
- Aug 24, 2004
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- U2 velika rock predstava Rattle and Hum
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,600,823
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,821,351
- Nov 6, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $8,600,823
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1