Lambert & Stamp | |
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Directed by | James D. Cooper |
Produced by | James D. Cooper Douglas Graves Loretta Harms |
Cinematography | James D. Cooper |
Edited by | Christopher Tellefsen |
Music by | The Who |
Production companies | Harms/Cooper, Motorcinema, Inc. Production |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English French German |
Lambert & Stamp is a 2014 American documentary film, produced and directed by James D. Cooper. [1] [2] The film had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2014. [3] [4]
After its premiere at Sundance Film Festival, Sony Pictures Classics acquired the distribution rights of the film. [5] [6] The film later screened at 2014 Sundance London Film Festival on April 18, 2014. [7] [8] The film had its theatrical release in United States on April 3, 2015. [9]
The film narrates how aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert, searching a subject for their underground movie, wound up discovering, mentoring and co-managing the English rock band The Who . The film includes never before seen footage of the band from Stamp's personal archive, including film from the 1966 Windsor festival, which was not known to exist.
Lambert & Stamp received positive reviews from critics. Rob Nelson of Variety , said in his review that "James D. Cooper's impeccably directed debut is a definitive screen bio of the Who and its-rock operatic rise." [10] David Rooney in his review for The Hollywood Reporter praised the film by saying that "A wonderfully alive behind-the-music chronicle that rescues two genuine mavericks from the footnotes of rock history." [11]
Christopher Sebastian "Kit" Lambert was a British record producer, record label owner and the manager of The Who.
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