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There was such a Facebook furor over Fathom Events’ satellite broadcast of Led Zeppelin’s Celebration Day earlier this month that I’m loathe to recommend heading to the theater for another concert flick anytime soon.
But this looks to be different. Or at least it’s a different provider, beaming to only one O.C. location.
Starting next week UltraStar Cinemas will screen three concert films — focusing on the Rolling Stones in ’65, the Doors in ’68 and Coldplay in ’12 — across five nights at the UltraLuxe at Anaheim GardenWalk.
First up: Charlie Is My Darling, an hour-long document of the Stones we so rarely see in archival footage, from when they were just becoming internationally famous on the back of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” Producer Andrew Loog Oldham commissioned filmmaker Peter Whitehead to accompany the band on a whirlwind tour of Ireland, and the results capture the raw, unbridled fan passion suddenly greeting Mick, Keith, Brian, Bill and Charlie everywhere they went.
The same team that finally brought the notorious Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus back to life also handled this restoration, revitalizing more than 90,000 frames of prints and negative as well as the original three-track live tapes. Take a break from election insanity by seeing it Nov. 5 or 6 at 7:30. (It also arrives Nov. 6 on DVD, Blu-ray and in a deluxe box set that includes both plus CD and vinyl.)
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Just after that, on Nov. 7-8, comes screenings of another restored gem, The Doors Live at the Bowl ’68.
Widely considered the band’s finest performance on film and equally painstakingly restored to enhanced vibrancy and complete length, including previously lost performances of “Hello, I Love You,” “Texas Radio and the Big Beat” and “Spanish Caravan.” Yet, unlike the Stones flick, which hits stores in conjunction with theater presentations, the Doors’ long-treasured set — it’s the group (but especially Jim Morrison) at their slippery yet coherent best — arrived on Blu-ray and DVD last week.
How crucial it is to see this on the silver screen depends on your level of fandom, as would be the case with Coldplay Live 2012, which plays the UltraLuxe at Garden Walk the same night it drops on disc, Nov. 13.
Yet of all three, I suspect this flick might be the most satisfying experience, in terms of visual and sonic wallop. Plus, Chris Martin & Co.’s performances earlier this year sold out in a hurry and had lots of people getting suckered on site by counterfeiters. For many, this may be the first glimpse they’ve had of the Mylo Xyloto tour.
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Primo archival stuff of the Stones and the Doors is nothing to thumb your nose at. But as a theater-going experience, Coldplay’s set — directed by Paul Dugdale (who captured all the classiness of Adele’s Live at the Royal Albert Hall) and drawn from shows in Paris and Montreal and at the Glastonbury festival — just might shame it in terms of electrifying energy.
Tickets for any of these screenings are $12.50 apiece.
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