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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 11 May, 2001 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Emd/Capitol |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color |
| TYPE: | Music Video - Pop/Rock |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 724347790997 |
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Customer Reviews of Paul McCartney - Wingspan - An Intimate Portrait
History of Wings This DVD is an expanded version of the television special that aired in May, 2001 on ABC. It is an intimate and interesting look not only at the band Paul McCartney started after the Beatles, but at the love story between Paul & Linda. Through home movies and an interview between Mr. McCartney and his daughter Mary, we get an inside view of one of the most famous and enduring marriages in entertainment history. The DVD also includes vintage videos for "Jet", "Let' Em In" and "Rockestra" as well as over (100) still pictures. A must own for all Wings fans and a perfect companion for the Wingspan cd.
Paul again gives short shrift to Wings
Like the CD collection "Wingspan," Paul is again treating Wings the group with little respect. This documentary is far from being the definitive retrospective on Wings, and it would be more properly titled "Linda McCartney's Life with Paul, Vol. 1 1967-1980." The focus is relentlessly on Linda and her life with Paul, while the contributions of the other members of Wings (which was ever-changing save Denny Laine, who was there from beginning to end) are largely overlooked. There are some nice clips, but the focus never seems to settle on the group and their music for very long before veering back to the McCartney's domestic life. The documentary is steered along by a present-day "interview" of Paul by daughter Mary McCartney, supplemented by lots of audio clips of Linda. The bonus song promo clips are nice, but I would have been happier with a complete collection of Wings promo clips. This sort of documentary pales in comparison to more objective work like the "The Beatles Anthology" and even "John Lennon: Imagine." I hate to say it, but I wish Paul would have done the Wings retrospective before Linda died. Or let someone else make it.
It's good, but could have been really great!
I'll try to keep this one short and sweet...
Paul could have done more with "Wingspan" (in much the same way he could have done more with the CD release). It is clear that his intentions were not so much to tell the story about his band as they were to tell how he and Linda moved forward with their lives in the post-Beatles years (the 70's, that is).
Denny Lane and the others are given short shrift on 'Wingspan". The various members of Wings come and go, but the focus remains on Paul and Linda. Paul really doesn't say all that much about any of the other members. It would have been nice if, at the end of the documentary, the viewer was given a little info on "where are the former members of the band now?". A little tribute to the late Jimmy McCulloch would have been cool... etc., etc.
Now, if you are a Paul McCartney and Wings fan, you WILL find this entertaining and worthwhile. It just could have been much more. The extra interview out-takes are, for the most part, not all that exciting. However, you do get to hear Paul sing "Picasso's Last Words" to his daughter. That would have been enough as far as "out-takes".... and the three videos included are cool. Included are two performances from the "Wings Over America" tour, which begs the question:
Why the heck isn't "Rock Show" available on DVD yet????