Dire Straits with Eric Clapton - Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ken O'Neill directs. Produced in United Kingdom.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 138 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
• 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 3Mark Knopfler and John Illsley and Jack Sonni carry the top of the cast.
• 4Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

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Status

Released

Original language

EN

Also by

Ken O'Neill

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  The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

  1987 · ★ 7.5
• 
  Thin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous

  1978 · ★ 7.1
• 
  Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

  1988 · ★ 6.5

Production companies

Who made it

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  Elephant House

  JP

Key crew

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• nelson mandela

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV1988-06-11

Also known as

International titles

• Dire Straits with Eric Clapton: The Walk Of LifeUS
• Dire Straits feat. Eric Clapton at Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute 1988US
• Dire Straits at Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday ConcertES
• Dire Straits - Tribute to MandelaUS