Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin

1990 1h 55m EN

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8.6

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★7.9TMDB · 41★8.6IMDB · 2,182

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Synopsis

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A global television broadcast of the event in which former Pink Floyd leader singer and composer Roger Waters led an all-star cast in a mammoth benefit performance of his acclaimed concept album, The Wall. Set in Berlin, Germany less than a year after the destruction of the hated Berlin Wall, Waters was accompanied by disparate talents such as Cyndi Lauper, James Galway, Joni Mitchell and Albert Finney in the classic dark musical tale of a rock star's descent into madness and back.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Roger Waters
Self / Pink, The Father / The Doctor
Klaus Meine
Self - Leader, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)
Matthias Jabs
Self - Lead Guitarist, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)
Rudolf Schenker
Self - Rhythm Guitarist, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)
Francis Buchholz
Self - Bassist, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)
Herman Rarebell
Self - Drummer & Percussionist, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)
Ute Lemper
Self - Vocals
Cyndi Lauper
Self - Vocals

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ken O'Neill
Writers: Roger Waters
Languages: English, Hungarian
Countries: Germany

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ERA

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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hungarian.

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CAST

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Roger Waters and Klaus Meine and Matthias Jabs carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0244296 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Ken O'Neill directs. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in English, Hungarian.

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136 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hungarian.
3Roger Waters and Klaus Meine and Matthias Jabs carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0244296 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin (1990)
IMDB rating: 8.6/10 · 2,182 votes

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Orends2012-07-10
★ 8.5/10
Nobody really expected the Berlin Wall to come down in 1989, and so suddenly. Roger Waters especially, because he had once made a promise never to perform The Wall again after the 1980 tour until the bricks fell in Berlin. But they did, and Waters had no intention to renege on his promise. The Wall became a star-studded megaconcert to benefit the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief, with larger bricks, bigger inflatable puppets, and a larger audience than any of the original Pink Floyd shows. There was always a contradiction in performing such a personal work in a stadium setting, but here it becomes especially acute when opening up the vocal tasks to a variety of artists. Bryan Adams is actually an astute choice for the cock rock swagger of "Young Lust," but Cyndi Lauper ruins the spare funk of "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" with over-enthusiastic yelping. And you'll definitely want to skip Jerry Hall's reading of the background dialog before "One of My Turns" ("Oh my gawd, what a fabulous room! Are all these your guitars?" -- a piece known word for word by every Floyd fan out there), as she seems unaware that a microphone can be used for amplification. By running through the album track by track, a lot of the effect of the live versions wears thin, as it invites constant comparison to the studio album. But the trial scene is handled well, with Albert Finney, Tim Curry, Marianne Faithfull, Thomas Dolby, and Ute Lemper taking on the characters in Waters' psychological drama. It's fun, a nice document, but only makes you want to return to the original album.