Road Movie (video)

Road Movie
Video by
ReleasedAugust 25, 1996 (1996-08-25)
RecordedNovember 18–21, 1995
VenueThe Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
GenreAlternative rock
Length90:00
LabelWarner Reprise Video
DirectorPeter Care
R.E.M. chronology
New Adventures in Hi-Fi
(1996)
Road Movie
(1996)
R.E.M.: In the Attic – Alternative Recordings 1985–1989
(1997)
R.E.M. video chronology
Parallel
(1995)
Road Movie
(1996)
In View: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003
(2003)
R.E.M. live albums chronology
Tourfilm
(1990)
Road Movie
(1996)
Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes
(2003)

Road Movie is a documentary-style film by rock group R.E.M., released on both VHS and DVD, charting the conclusion of the band's 1995 worldwide tour in support of Monster, their album released the previous year. Directed by Peter Care, the ninety-minute-long footage features nineteen songs (all but one a montage) performed over the final three nights (November 18, 19 and 21) of the tour, at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. The set-list reads very much like a complete R.E.M. show—gigs on the Monster tour were opened by either "I Took Your Name" or "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" (with the former taking precedence in this case), while the last song of the night was invariably "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (as it is here). The film is a companion piece to the Tourfilm documentary (with a synonymous title), which chronicles the band's 1989 tour on the back of the previous year's album Green.

The songs included, by album, are: "The One I Love" and "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" from Document; "Orange Crush" as the sole offering from Green; "Losing My Religion" and "Country Feedback" from Out of Time; "Everybody Hurts", "Find the River" and "Man on the Moon" from Automatic For The People; "I Took Your Name", "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?", "Crush with Eyeliner", "Tongue", "Star 69", "Let Me In" and "Strange Currencies" from the then-new Monster; and "Undertow", "The Wake-Up Bomb" and "Binky the Doormat" from the then-forthcoming New Adventures in Hi-Fi. "Revolution" was eventually released on the Batman & Robin soundtrack in 1997.