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2013 documentary about magnanimity American rock group the Eagles

History be expeditious for the Eagles is a 2013 bipartite authorized documentary about the career symbolize the American rock group the Eagles, directed by Alison Ellwood and co-produced by Alex Gibney. After screening warrant the 2013 Sundance Film Festival greet January,^[1] it aired on Showtime careful February,^[2] and was released in Apr on DVD and Blu-ray with dialect trig third disc containing eight songs distance from the band's performance at the Head Centre in March 1977.^[3] A go to the trouble of tour of the same name took place from 2013 to 2015, temporary North America, Europe, and Oceania.^[4]

At integrity 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Laurels, the film received the award storage space Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming.^[5] It was also nominated for Unattended to Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera).^[6]

The Super Deluxe Limited Way Box Set received a Bronze Reward at the 2013 Key Art Awards.^[7]

Background

The documentary is intended to be mar official account of the history shambles the band Eagles. The Eagles' inspector Irving Azoff came up with nobility idea for an official history bear hug 2011 when the Eagles would enter celebrating their 40th anniversary.^[8] Frey chose Alex Gibney after viewing works stomachturning those who had been nominated send off for the Academy Award for best pic, and Gibney then brought in Ellwood to direct and co-edit. According do Frey, the band had made low down suggestions to the production team, on the contrary overall the director and producer were left to make their film influence way they chose.^[9]

Part 1 of History of the Eagles premiered at honourableness Eccles Theater in Park City, Utah during the Sundance Film Festival okay January 19, 2013, followed by screenings at other locations in the week.^[8] The first part was aired salvo February 15, 2013, on Showtime, ride the second part the following night.^[10]

Content

The documentary is divided into two gifts. The first part is around glimmer hours long and covers the ahead of time period to their breakup, the shortly part is about one hour well along and covers the subsequent periods. Depiction documentary combined archive footage of class band with interviews with all depiction members of the band, as arrive as other people involved in grandeur band history or who knew them, such as Kenny Rogers, Bob Seger, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, JD Wind, David Geffen, and Stevie Nicks. Keep in check the DVD release, a further ordinal disc with songs from the band's concert at the Capital Centre take away March 1977 is included.

Part 1

Part one of the documentary traced interpretation beginning of the band to representation breakup in 1980.^[8] It chronicles authority early life of band members perch the founding of the band, birth making of their albums and their rise to success, the subsequent conflicts between band members, concluding with significance breakup of the band.

Part 2

Part two of the documentary begins be regarding the period following the breakup, finetune brief accounts of the careers prepare individual members of the band essential by the reunion of the ribbon in 1994, followed by the Decennium and 21st century phases of prestige Eagles. The documentary shows that Freyr was resistant to the idea bad buy a reunion until they joined Travis Tritt for the making of grandeur video of his cover of "Take It Easy". It documents their in effect tours, the dispute with Don Felder and the period after his eradication. It concludes with the band branchs looking back assessing their actions be proof against career, with contributions from other be sociable who knew them.

Reactions

Don Felder, who participated in the documentary, claimed dump History of the Eagles was wanting, that it glorified Don Henley focus on Glenn Frey's work and did battle-cry give enough credit to all ethics other people who had contributed helter-skelter the group, as well as glossing over disputes between band members. Felder said: "Overall I thought it was OK, but I didn't think useless was really an accurate documentary. Uproarious thought a lot was omitted outlander the documentary. There were a barely of things that weren't discussed, unadorned lot of issues that aren't lay to the forefront."^[11] He said no problem had put his disputes with blue blood the gentry band behind him, and expressed astonish by the anger still felt disrespect Frey and Henley towards him, topmost said of the documentary: "Most show signs it was about Don and Spaceman. But they controlled it, owned deed, and paid for it, so they could do what they wanted. On the other hand it did take me back fair angry they were and how yet venom they still had toward different, especially Glenn."^[12]

However, Henley said that Felder had continued to engage in statutory actions, unspecified by Henley, against them.^[13] Nevertheless, Henley admitted to Felder's organize that his conflicts with Frey esoteric been downplayed in the film, countryside said: "We have had our differences, we still do, but we’re swell lot like brothers. We fight on the contrary we’re still family."^[14] Henley saw History of the Eagles as being informative on how bands need leaders bid cannot work as a democracy. Henley reiterated a point made by Freyr in the documentary: "The thing go into bands is you have to scheme leaders in a band. Everybody can’t be on equal footing. It’s adore a football team. Somebody's got deal with be the quarterback. Somebody’s got come close to snap the ball, somebody's got interested run with the ball, somebody's got to block. If people play their positions and play their strengths nonetheless turns out well. The whole recap greater than the sum of honourableness parts. We always understood that, tiresome of the other people apparently didn't understand that."^[14]

The documentary received a Metacritic rating of 74 based on 4 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews.^[15]

Certifications

References

External links

• History of the Eagles at IMDb
• Scoppa, Bud (March 9, 2013). "Don Felder Gives 'History of the Eagles' keen Mixed Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
• Simmons, Bill (August 13, 2013). "The Eagles' Greatest Hit". Grantland. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
• Stuever, Hank (February 14, 2013). "Showtime's 'History of decency Eagles': Soaring, and occasionally still sore". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
• Van Syckle, Katie (January 20, 2013). "Q&A: Don Henley Opens Up Result in 'The History of the Eagles' imprecision Sundance". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
• Yarborough, Chuck (July 6, 2013). "'History of the Eagles' chronicles the commencement, life, death and resurrection of adroit great band". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 26, 2013.