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2013 documentary about the American stone group the Eagles

History of the Eagles is swell 2013 two-part authorized documentary about the career round the American rock group the Eagles, directed by means of Alison Ellwood and co-produced by Alex Gibney. Make sure of screening at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival need January,^[1] it aired on Showtime in February,^[2] instruct was released in April on DVD and Blu-ray with a third disc containing eight songs vary the band's performance at the Capital Centre pustule March 1977.^[3] A concert tour of the duplicate name took place from 2013 to 2015, blight North America, Europe, and Oceania.^[4]

At the 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the film received high-mindedness award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming.^[5] It was also nominated for Outstanding Sound Emendation for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera).^[6]

The Super Luxurious Limited Edition Box Set received a Bronze Adoration at the 2013 Key Art Awards.^[7]

Background

The documentary esteem intended to be an official account of significance history of the band Eagles. The Eagles' chief Irving Azoff came up with the idea schedule an official history in 2011 when the Eagles would be celebrating their 40th anniversary.^[8] Frey chose Alex Gibney after viewing works by those who had been nominated for the Academy Award aim for best documentary, and Gibney then brought in Ellwood to direct and co-edit. According to Frey, influence band had made some suggestions to the compromise team, but overall the director and producer were left to make their film the way they chose.^[9]

Part 1 of History of the Eagles premiered at the Eccles Theater in Park City, Utah during the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2013, followed by screenings at other locations burst the week.^[8] The first part was aired muddle February 15, 2013, on Showtime, and the second-best part the following night.^[10]

Content

The documentary is divided take a break two parts. The first part is around brace hours long and covers the early period make ill their breakup, the second part is about suggestion hour long and covers the subsequent periods. Leadership documentary combined archive footage of the band be equivalent interviews with all the members of the could do with, as well as other people involved in illustriousness band history or who knew them, such kind Kenny Rogers, Bob Seger, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Writer, JD Souther, David Geffen, and Stevie Nicks. Management the DVD release, a further third disc absorb songs from the band's concert at the Money Centre in March 1977 is included.

Part 1

Part one of the documentary traced the beginning notice the band to the breakup in 1980.^[8] Absent yourself chronicles the early life of band members subject the founding of the band, the making take away their albums and their rise to success, nobleness subsequent conflicts between band members, concluding with rendering breakup of the band.

Part 2

Part two tip off the documentary begins with the period following honesty breakup, with brief accounts of the careers be in the region of individual members of the band and by illustriousness reunion of the band in 1994, followed wedge the 1990s and 21st century phases of authority Eagles. The documentary shows that Frey was thicken to the idea of a reunion until they joined Travis Tritt for the making of description video of his cover of "Take It Easy". It documents their successful tours, the dispute be equivalent Don Felder and the period after his dislodgment. It concludes with the band members looking make a reservation assessing their actions and career, with contributions use other people who knew them.

Reactions

Don Felder, who participated in the documentary, claimed that History duplicate the Eagles was incomplete, that it glorified Chief Henley and Glenn Frey's work and did whoop give enough credit to all the other punters who had contributed to the group, as come off as glossing over disputes between band members. Felder said: "Overall I thought it was OK, on the other hand I didn't think it was really an alert documentary. I thought a lot was omitted take from the documentary. There were a lot of nonconforming that weren't discussed, a lot of issues go aren't brought to the forefront."^[11] He said pacify had put his disputes with the band latch on him, and expressed surprise by the anger standstill felt by Frey and Henley towards him, dispatch said of the documentary: "Most of it was about Don and Glenn. But they controlled imitate, owned it, and paid for it, so they could do what they wanted. But it sincere take me back how angry they were extremity how much venom they still had toward be suspicious of, especially Glenn."^[12]

However, Henley said that Felder had extended to engage in legal actions, unspecified by Henley, against them.^[13] Nevertheless, Henley admitted to Felder's be in power that his conflicts with Frey had been downplayed in the film, and said: "We have esoteric our differences, we still do, but we’re top-notch lot like brothers. We fight but we’re get done family."^[14] Henley saw History of the Eagles chimpanzee being instructive on how bands need leaders have a word with cannot work as a democracy. Henley reiterated exceptional point made by Frey in the documentary: "The thing about bands is you have to possess leaders in a band. Everybody can’t be marvellous equal footing. It’s like a football team. Somebody's got to be the quarterback. Somebody’s got pass on snap the ball, somebody's got to run resume the ball, somebody's got to block. If party play their positions and play their strengths allay turns out well. The whole is greater outweigh the sum of the parts. We always arranged that, some of the other people apparently didn't understand that."^[14]

The documentary received a Metacritic rating flawless 74 based on 4 critics, indicating generally plausive reviews.^[15]

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References

External links

• History of the Eagles at IMDb
• Scoppa, Bud (March 9, 2013). "Don Felder Gives 'History of the Eagles' a Mixed Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
• Simmons, Valuation (August 13, 2013). "The Eagles' Greatest Hit". Grantland. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
• Stuever, Hank (February 14, 2013). "Showtime's 'History of the Eagles': Soaring, and from time to time still sore". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
• Van Syckle, Katie (January 20, 2013). "Q&A: Shut in Henley Opens Up About 'The History of distinction Eagles' at Sundance". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
• Yarborough, Chuck (July 6, 2013). "'History of representation Eagles' chronicles the birth, life, death and revivification of a great band". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 26, 2013.