| Pearl Jam Twenty | |
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| Directed by | Cameron Crowe |
| Written by | Cameron Crowe |
| Produced by | Michele Anthony Cameron Crowe Morgan Neville |
| Cinematography | Nicola B. Marsh |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Pearl Jam Twenty (also known as PJ20) is a 2011 American documentary directed by Cameron Crowe about the band Pearl Jam. Preliminary footage was being shot as of June 2010.[2] Crowe completed filming in April 2011, after using 12,000 hours of footage of the band for the documentary.[3] The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and also had an accompanying book and soundtrack.[4]
The documentary charts the history of the band, from the demise of Mother Love Bone, their battle against Ticketmaster and the tragedy of the Roskilde Festival in 2000.[5][6]
The film was presented theatrically at select cinemas in the US during the month of September 2011, and premiered on October 21, 2011, on PBS' American Masters. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 24, 2011. A book, written by Jonathan Cohen, was published concurrent to the film's release.[7]
- ^ "Pearl Jam Twenty Kicks Off With World Premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival". Pearl Jam. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ Two Feet Thick article[usurped]
- ^ "Cameron Crowe on 'Pearl Jam Twenty': 'We Went About as Personal as We Could Get'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Twenty," Pearl Jam official website. Accessed December 14, 2014.
- ^ Webster, Andy (September 22, 2011). "A Sound Reverberating Far Beyond Seattle". NY Times. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ Barnes, Henry (September 15, 2011). "Pearl Jam Twenty – review". The Guardian. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ Cohen, Jonathan (September 8, 2011). "Exclusive Excerpt from PJ 20". September 8, 2011. Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 13, 2014.