| The Song Remains the Same | |
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| Directed by | Peter Clifton Joe Massot |
| Starring | John Bonham John Paul Jones Jimmy Page Robert Plant |
| Cinematography | Ernest Day |
| Edited by | Humphrey Dixon |
| Music by | Led Zeppelin |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $12 million[1] |
The Song Remains the Same is a 1976 concert film featuring the English rock band Led Zeppelin. The filming took place during the summer of 1973, during three nights of concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with additional footage shot at Shepperton Studios. The film premiered three years later on 20 October 1976 at Cinema I in New York, on 21 October 1976 at Fox Wilshire in Beverly Hills, and at Warner West End Cinema in London two weeks later.[2] It was accompanied by a soundtrack album of the same name.
Promotional materials stated that the film was "the band's special way of giving their millions of friends what they had been clamouring for – a personal and private tour of Led Zeppelin. For the first time the world has a front row seat on Led Zeppelin."
Fans drove up ticket sales, but many reviewers–and two band members–disliked the film at the time of its initial release (1976), although in subsequent years critics warmed to movie and it now receives mostly favorable ratings from the public.
A standard DVD of the film was released on 31 December 1999. A reissue of the film, including previously unreleased footage as a bonus, was released on DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray Disc on 20 November 2007, by Warner Home Video.[3]
- ^ "Top Concert/Performance Films Released in U.S. – 1969–90". Variety. 1990.
- ^ Chris Welch (1994) Led Zeppelin, London: Orion Books. ISBN 1-85797-930-3, pp. 68–69, 83.
- ^ "Led Zeppelin Readies Fall Reissue Bonanza". Billboard.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.