To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our and websites. Though ostensibly an intimate look at the dixie chicks after their 2003 antibush remark, the film achieves broader relevance by exploring how. Shut up and sing also known simply as shut up and sing is a 2006 documentary film produced and directed by director barbara kopple and cecilia peck daughter of actor gregory peck the film follows the dixie chicks, an allfemale texasbased country music trio, over a threeyear period of intense public scrutiny, fan backlash, physical threats, and pressure from both. Shut up and sing on dvd february 20, 2007 starring martie maguire, natalie maines, emily robison, simon renshaw. Their music is filed under countryandwestern, but the dixie chicks turn out to be more than a little bit rock n roll in shut up and sing. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. A behindthescenes stage look at female country group dixie chicks during a dramatic period of their career. If you want to know more about this film i found the following synopsis. Maines wont be forced to get a second job at kinkos if the chicks arent. Masterfully edited, the film combines footage the band made for its web. Shut up and sing harlan county usa american dream a conversation with. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing shut up and sing 2006 near you. A documentary on the dixie chicks in the wake of singer natalie maines antigeorge w.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. The band did not expect such a strong reaction, and they are unsure if they should shut up and sing, apologize, or stand by their convictions and let more sparks fly. Brazzers shut up white boy and fuck me in the shower films. The film was released in the united states on november 15, 2016, and in france on november 30, 2016, by europacorp. Shut in is a 2016 frenchcanadian psychological thriller film directed by farren blackburn, written by christina hodson, and starring naomi watts, oliver platt, charlie heaton, jacob tremblay, david cubitt, and clementine poidatz. The level of prickly defiance these unlikely first amendment. Voir film shut up and play the hits stream complet. Everything you need to know about shut up and sing movie. Shut up and sing is also the name of a bestselling book by conservative talk radio pundit laura ingraham. On one level, the chicks are in a privileged place from which to take a political stand. No talking heads appear to debate the politics of the bush administration. Just so you know, were ashamed the president of the united states is from texas.
Oct 07, 2011 a documentary on the dixie chicks in the wake of singer natalie maines antigeorge w. It has good music, a well written script, and of course how could i forget an insanely hot nanny. While on stage in london in 2003, a throwaway quip. Shut up and sing directed by barbara kopple, cecilia peck. To be willing to stand unprotected in front of thousands of people and sing your songs despite such a threat takes courage, and it is a brave defense of american values, although their critics cannot see it that way.
A film about freedom of speech gone out of control and the three girls lives that were forever changed by a. Using new archival sources and unprecedented access, master documentarian barbara kopple reveals the story behind one of the most daring rescues in modern us history. While not a well know cast, molly shannon is hilarious along with a few new faces. Bobs shut up and sing shut up and sing shut up and sing shut up an sing shut up and sing shut up and sing now shut up. Film shut up and play the hits en streaming vf gratuit. Nonetheless, an otherwise unfussy and professional ease with the documentary form interviews between action, with few distracting attempts at innovation in between suggests a rightful confidence in the story and makes for a reasonably absorbing film. Their record sales plummeted, yet the dixie chicks stood strong. Kopples usual route and lets events speak for themselves. As it follows the dixie chicks around for three years, it takes ms. They think your suv is evil although theirs is absolutely necessary. Shut up and sing is a documentary about the country band from texas called the dixie chicks and how one tiny comment against president bush dropped their number one hit off the charts and caused fans to hate them, destroy their cds, and protest at their concerts.
Before viewing the fabulous documentary shut and sing i knew very little about the dixie chicks, except that theyre an all girl american country band boring with a stupid twee name. Explore our archives to see the films weve shown during that time. A rousing documentary that salutes freedom of speech and the resiliency and creativity of the dixie chicks. Shut up and sing also known simply as shut up and sing is a 2006 documentary film produced. Shut up and sing is a great mixture of humor, friendship, and making you take the time to remember the good things in life. In her book, ingraham skewers the dixie chicks and other musical acts who use their concerts and television appearances to voice their political opinions.
Maybe natalie maines real problem was with her timing. Oct 18, 2006 the center for american progress last night hosted a screening and discussion of the film shut up and sing, which chronicles the dixie chicks political journey over the past three years. Shut up and sing is a 2006 documentary film produced and directed by director barbara kopple and cecilia peck. Park city film has been screening independent films since 1995. In 2003 natalie maines, singer for the dixie chicks, makes a negative comment. We search near and far for original movie trailer from all decades. A filmed account of a bitterly violent miner strike. The film follows the dixie chicks, an allfemale texasbased country music trio, over a threeyear period of intense public scrutiny, fan backlash, physical threats, and pressure from both corporate and conservative political elements in the united states after lead singer natalie maines. Dec 01, 2006 shut up and sing is also the name of a bestselling book by conservative talk radio pundit laura ingraham.
The film follows the dixie chicks, an allfemale texasbased country music trio, over a threeyear period of. Shut up and sing travels with the dixie chicks, from the peak of their popularity as the nationalanthemsinging. Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. Feisty radio sensation laura ingraham is tired of the hollywood le. Award winning documentarian barbara kopple american dream. Shut up and sing tells the story of three young women whose belief in america is bred in the bone, and it shames their critics. A well made film, there is however a little unevenness about barbara kopple and cecilia pecks documentary, as although it was almost certainly begun and. Everything you need to know about shut up and sing movie 2006. The film traces the backlash against the chicks following singer natalie maines nowinfamous declaration at a london concert on march 10, 2003. To the author of this vociferous but illsupported right wing screed, membership in the elite is not an objective position of wealth, power or influence. Dixie chicks shut up and sing 2006 rotten tomatoes. The film follows the lives and careers of the chicks through the writing and recording of their first album since that incident on the london concert stage back in. The dixie chicks were sitting on top of the world in 2003 as the biggestselling female group in.
In 2003 natalie maines, singer for the dixie chicks, makes a. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Park city film is a nonprofit organization presenting the best of independent feature, documentary, world and local cinema. The film follows the dixie chicks, an all female texasbased country music trio, over a threeyear period of. Natalie maines had no idea what kind of firestorm she would ignite when in march 2003 she stood before a london audience and shared her thoughts on the united states march to war in iraq. The film shows the bands reaction to the open hostility, political and corporate backlash, and physical threats directed at the group. Update i made a video like this almost a couple of years ago but i wanted to update it. Oct 18, 2007 to be willing to stand unprotected in front of thousands of people and sing your songs despite such a threat takes courage, and it is a brave defense of american values, although their critics cannot see it that way. Overall, the film offers a very sympathetic look at the chicks, who are by turns. They are sure that where we live anywhere but near or in a few major cities is an insipid cultural wasteland. A group of guys who sang together in a college a cappella group reunite 15 years later to perform at a friends wedding and discover how their lives have progressed and in some cases regressed since their college heyday. Shut up and sing follows the dixie chicks, an extremely successful allwoman texasbased country music trio, over a three year period of intense public scrutiny, fan backlash, physical threats, and pressure from both corporate and conservative political elements in the united states after lead singer natalie maines publicly criticised then president george w. In 2003, the female country band, the dixie chicks, are at the top of their game being one of the most successful bands of all time. Shut up and sing syndrome imposes unjustifiable barriers to criticism.