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Concert For New York City [DVD] [2001]
enlarge	Directors: Christian Charles, Edward Burns, Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Smith, Louis J. Horvitz Actors: Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, A.J. McLean, Kevin Scott Richardson Studio: Sony Bmg Category: DVD List Price: ~~£16.99~~ Buy New: £13.23 as of 21/11/2009 21:37 GMT details You Save: £3.76 (22%) New (13) Used (5) from £11.59 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 45600 Format: Box set, PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Exempt Region: 0 Discs: 2 Number Of Discs: 2 Running Time: 300 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5099705420591 ASIN: B000060PD8 Theatrical Release Date: October 20, 2001 Release Date: April 22, 2002 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review IThe Concert for New York City/I took place at New York's Madison Square Gardens six weeks after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. As presented here, with about five hours of musical performances and celebrity cameos, it was a frequently awkward affair: the traditional fatuous jollity of American show business ceremonies is not, perhaps, the ideal medium for articulating the feelings engendered by the kind of tragedy America had just suffered.p It is often evident--and actually quite endearingly so--that the film and television stars who appear here feel somewhat foolish accepting applause while standing alongside the members of New York's Police and Fire departments who take the stage to offer brief tributes to fallen comrades (it would be nice, but naïve, to believe that September 11 caused our celebrity-obsessed culture to redraft its parameters of heroism).p The performances captured here are mostly pretty good, though David Bowie's opening, with an eerie and affecting take on Paul Simon's "America", followed by a rumbustious "Heroes", sets a standard not subsequently matched. The short films by New York directors are also worth seeing, especially Kevin Smith's daringly funny New Jersey perspective (the concert's only other overt attempts at humour misfire woefully--especially the toe-curling George W Bush impersonator).p However, the concert is principally of interest as a document of a moment in history, rather than as a musical artefact. All of what America felt, for better and for worse, in the immediate wake of September 11, is on view here: sorrow, defiance, pride and, as Richard Gere famously discovered when he suggested that perhaps there were more constructive responses than carpet-bombing Third World basket-cases, anger.p BOn the DVD:/B IThe Concert for New York City/Ihas a viewing option which screens out everything except the musical performances. Sound is available in Dolby 5.1 Surround and PCM Stereo. --IAndrew Mueller/I

Customer Reviews: Excellent music so much emotional content September 19, 2003 6 out of 6 found this review helpful This is an execellent DVD, I bought the CD a couple of years ago, and was in NYC when the original telecast was aired. I think some of the bands give great performances, Bon Jovi (who I was never a fan of) performed a great rock set, Goo Goo Dolls with and execellent cover, Bowie was perfect, and The Who were superb and stole the show. Good comedy slots with Operaman (Adam Sandler) being the pick of the bunch. There are also celeb's accompanying Heros from 9/11, Meg Ryan with the Stackpole family is particularly moving. Overall a great benefit concert and funds from the DVD go to the Robin Hood charity. Buy it and enjoy, I am not sure if it was broadcast in the UK, but is worth getting your hands on, new or second-hand. concert for New York October 14, 2009 Z. Katnik The contents of the concert were very good, however the American format of the DVD did not work on my home DVD player or PC. I had to watch it on my laptop. I thought that by buying from Amazon UK that the DVD would be formatted for UK use

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