I Need That Record!

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MOVIE

I Need That Record!

The death (or possible survival) of the independent record store

Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a vanishing subculture...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade," (Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe). A tour-de-force tale of greed, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, downloading, and technological shifts in the music industry told through candid interviews, crestfallen record store owners, startling statistics, and eye-popping animation. Fat cats or our favorite record stores? You decide. Featuring- IAN MACKAYE, NOAM CHOMSKY, MIKE WATT, THURSTON MOORE, LENNY KAYE (Patti Smith), CHRIS FRANTZ (Talking Heads), GLENN BRANCA, PATTERSON HOOD (Drive By Truckers), PAT CARNEY (Black Keys) , LEGS MCNEIL, BOB GRUEN, BP HELIUM, and many indie record stores across the U.S.

Release Date

2008-05-03

Year

2008

Duration

1h 17m

Status

Released

Score

6.40

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Cast

Glenn Branca

Glenn Branca

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Pat Carney

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

Chris Frantz

Chris Frantz

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Bob Gruen

Patterson Hood

Patterson Hood

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Lenny Kaye

Ian MacKaye

Ian MacKaye

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Legs McNeil

Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore