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Award-winning filmmaker Robert Mugge captures an R&B legend in intimate interviews, passionate performances, and a fiery sermon both spoken and sung.
“James Brown times ten”—Los Angeles Herald-Examiner.
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Al Green was a soul singer with a million-dollar career when he awoke one day in a hotel room praising God. Full of this new spirit, he became a gospel singer and a Pentecostal preacher. Award-winning filmmaker Robert Mugge captures an R&B legend in intimate interviews, passionate performances, and a fiery sermon both spoken and sung. “James Brown times ten”—Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. Approx. 96 min. plus extras on 1 DVD.
"The 25th Anniversary Edition DVD of The Gospel According to Al Green will be released on January 27th. Offering an up-close-and-personal look at a charismatic soul legend with an unshakeable faith and an incandescent smile, this acclaimed 1984 documentary also features several special features including a 90-minute audio interview with Green.
Green is a nine-time Grammy winner and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with more than 40 albums to his name. With the recent release of his chart-topping CD Lay It Down and receipt of the BET Lifetime Achievement Award (2008), Green is in the national spotlight once more.
Green was a soul singer with a million-dollar career when he awoke one day in a hotel room praising God. Full of this new spirit, he became a gospel singer and a Pentecostal preacher.
Filmed in the recording studio, in concert at Bolling Air Force base, and at Greens church in Memphis, Tennessee, powered by his energy, honesty, and smile, award-winning filmmaker Robert Mugge examines Green’s life and music through intimate interviews and passionate performances.
-Smooth Jazz Network
"The 25th Anniversary Edition DVD of The Gospel According to Al Green will be released on January 27th. Offering an up-close-and-personal look at a charismatic soul legend with an unshakeable faith and an incandescent smile, this acclaimed 1984 documentary also features several special features including a 90-minute audio interview with Green.
Green is a nine-time Grammy winner and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with more than 40 albums to his name. With the recent release of his chart-topping CD Lay It Down and receipt of the BET Lifetime Achievement Award (2008), Green is in the national spotlight once more.
Green was a soul singer with a million-dollar career when he awoke one day in a hotel room praising God. Full of this new spirit, he became a gospel singer and a Pentecostal preacher.
Filmed in the recording studio, in concert at Bolling Air Force base, and at Greens church in Memphis, Tennessee, powered by his energy, honesty, and smile, award-winning filmmaker Robert Mugge examines Green’s life and music through intimate interviews and passionate performances.
-Smooth Jazz Network
- Reflections by director Robert Mugge
- 90 minute audio interview with Al Green
- Extended audio excerpt of church service
- Concert excerpts
- Extended song
- Original theatrical trailer
Packaging: Single disc
Run Time: 96 minutes
Format: Full screen
Number of discs: 1
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: No
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Rating: N/A
Run Time: 96 minutes
Format: Full screen
Number of discs: 1
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: No
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Rating: N/A
"Marvelous"—The New York Times
"Transcendent"—Chicago Sun-Times
"A Must-See"—Variety
"Extraordinary"—The Boston Globe
"A powerful vocal spectacle . . . James Brown times ten."—Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
"A revelation. Pure musical electricity."—The Boston Phoenix
"It’s a captivating and insightful chronicle of Green’s conversion to Christianity and the intersection between soul and sacred music."—Philadelphia City Paper
"A superb documentary."—San Francisco Chronicle
"The soul and gospel giant has an outgoing personality to match his voice, which makes an ideal subject for one of the best of Robert Mugge's music-themed documentaries."—USA Today
"…is driven by the irresistible, almost aggressive charisma of its central figure"—The Wall Street Journal
"An absorbing document of a captivating performer. Recommended."—DVD Talk
"Pure rapture. Fans of ‘70s soul will be enriched by the Rev. Green’s journey from Disneyland to the pulpit. This is a documentary worth being rediscovered."—The DVD Lounge
"Al Green is the epitome of a performer and has never been more open than he is in this DVD"—Film Monthly
"No matter if he's singing about love, lust or the Lord, his performance is magnificent."—Vancouver Sun
"Mesmerizing and meaningful…Superb!"—EInsiders
"The Green movie is one of the finest musical biographies I've ever seen."—Santa Fe New Mexican
"Full of great performances and rare insights"—Philadelphia News
"The interviews are note-worthy and the performances are often electrifying"—DVD Talk
Grade A. "Fascinating documentary"—DVD Corner
"Rich with solid storytelling"—MovieWeb
"Now that’s filmmaking!" Grade: A-—The A.V. Club / The Onion
"Transcendent"—Chicago Sun-Times
"A Must-See"—Variety
"Extraordinary"—The Boston Globe
"A powerful vocal spectacle . . . James Brown times ten."—Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
"A revelation. Pure musical electricity."—The Boston Phoenix
"It’s a captivating and insightful chronicle of Green’s conversion to Christianity and the intersection between soul and sacred music."—Philadelphia City Paper
"A superb documentary."—San Francisco Chronicle
"The soul and gospel giant has an outgoing personality to match his voice, which makes an ideal subject for one of the best of Robert Mugge's music-themed documentaries."—USA Today
"…is driven by the irresistible, almost aggressive charisma of its central figure"—The Wall Street Journal
"An absorbing document of a captivating performer. Recommended."—DVD Talk
"Pure rapture. Fans of ‘70s soul will be enriched by the Rev. Green’s journey from Disneyland to the pulpit. This is a documentary worth being rediscovered."—The DVD Lounge
"Al Green is the epitome of a performer and has never been more open than he is in this DVD"—Film Monthly
"No matter if he's singing about love, lust or the Lord, his performance is magnificent."—Vancouver Sun
"Mesmerizing and meaningful…Superb!"—EInsiders
"The Green movie is one of the finest musical biographies I've ever seen."—Santa Fe New Mexican
"Full of great performances and rare insights"—Philadelphia News
"The interviews are note-worthy and the performances are often electrifying"—DVD Talk
Grade A. "Fascinating documentary"—DVD Corner
"Rich with solid storytelling"—MovieWeb
"Now that’s filmmaking!" Grade: A-—The A.V. Club / The Onion
Sundance Film Festival Nomination, Grand Jury Prize for Documentary (1985)
Mr. Green is an 11-time Grammy Award Winner
Mr. Green is the recipient of numerous Billboard Single and Album Awards
Mr. Green is an 11-time Grammy Award Winner
Mr. Green is the recipient of numerous Billboard Single and Album Awards
