Sympathy for the Devil (1968)

Director:

Jean-Luc Godard

Writer:

Jean-Luc Godard (writer)

Release Date:

26 April 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Drama | Music

Plot:

Godard's documentation of late 1960's western counter-culture, examining the Black Panthers, referring to works by LeRoi Jones and Eldridge Cleaver...

Plot Keywords:

Music | Song | Songs | Rolling Stones | Experimental Film

Cast

Mick Jagger	...	Himself
Keith Richards	...	Himself
Brian Jones	...	Himself
Bill Wyman	...	Himself
Charlie Watts	...	Himself
Marianne Faithfull	...	Herself (doing backing vocals)
Anita Pallenberg	...	Herself (doing backing vocals)
Anne Wiazemsky	...	Eve Democracy
Iain Quarrier	...	Fascist porno book seller
Sean Lynch	...	Narrator (voice)
Clifton Jones	...	Black power militant
Danny Daniels	...	Black power militant
Frankie Dymon	...	Black power militant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tommy Ansah
Nike Arrighi
Bernard Boston
Barbara Coleridge
Colin Cunningham
Joanna David
Harry Douglas
Glenna Forster-Jones
Nicky Hopkins	...	Himself (piano / organ)
Matthew Know
Karl Lewis
Elizabeth Long
Mark Matthew
Michael McKay
Françoise Pascal
Rudi Patterson
Ellario Pedro
Graham Peet
Linbert Spencer
Roy Stewart	...	Black power militant
Monica Walters
Jeannette Wild

Also Known As:

One Plus One (UK) (director's cut)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:X (original rating) | Australia:MA | UK:15 (re-rating) (1997) | Argentina:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1997) (uncut) | UK:X (original rating) (cut)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Cupid Productions

Trivia:

The film was beset with a variety of production difficulties; among other things, the studio burned down and Brian Jones was arrested for cannabis possession.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Godard in America (1970)

Rock Dijon on congas, more....

Rocky Dijon plays congas. Also engineer Andy Johns is seen and my father, producer Jimmy Miller can be seen through the studio window and heard talking to Mick. The band was working at Olympic studios in London. I spent my childhood in England and many weekends and holidays at Olympic Studios while my father recorded the Stones and Traffic. I made tea or brought soda for everyone while they worked. I sometimes sat on the drums and played around. Charlie said he would give me his kit from his home and I am still waiting for the drums to arrive. The memories will last forever. Now if there was a way to return to the 1960s I would in a heart beat. Steve Miller