The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Documentary

 

Only available as part of the 'Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert - 10th Anniversary Reissue' double-DVD (it's Title 2 on Disc 2)
Running time approx 57 mins

Produced by Jim Beach and Rudi Dolezal
Directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher

This was programme was also broadcast on Channel 4 in 2002, and probably elsewhere as well.

Chapter Contents:

  1. New introduction by Roger (recorded 2002)
    Introductory Credits, with the original
    Insert 1, and interview with Roger
    Footage of 'Tie Your Mother Down' by Queen + Joe Elliott, with excerpts of various artists being introduced
    Interview with Brian and excerpt of 'Save Me' with footage from rehearsals at Bray Studios
    Footage of 'Pinball Wizard' and 'I Want It All' from rehearsals and concert
  2. Interview with Roger Daltrey, and further concert footage of 'I Want It All', ending with the album version
    Footage of
    Insert 5 from the concert, with audience singing along
    Interview with Robert Plant and Brian and footage of 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' from the concert
    Interviews with Seal, Paul Young, Slash and Tony Iommi
    Footage of 'Play The Game' from
    Insert 3, with the audience watching
  3. Footage of 'I Want To Break Free' from the concert, and interview with Lisa Stansfield, and end footage from rehearsal.
  4. Extract of the Elizabeth Taylor speech
    Interview with Brian and footage of 'Under Pressure' from the rehearsal and concert
    Interviews with David Bowie and Annie Lennox
  5. Excerpt of 'My Melancholy Blues', and interviews with Brian, Mike Moran, Roger, Roger Daltrey, Slash, Chris Thompson, Nuno Bettencourt, Liza Minelli, Gerry Stickells
    Footage of 'Somebody To Love' from the concert, and interviews with George Michael and Brian
    Excerpt of 'Action This Day', backstage footage from the concert, and interview with Slash
    Footage of Brian and Slash rehearsing for 'Tie Your Mother Down'
  6. Interview with Gerry Stickells, backstage footage, footage of 'We Will Rock You' from the concert, and interviews with Slash and Axl Rose
    Footage of 'The Show Must Go On' from the rehearsal and concert (intercut with Queen clips), and interviews with Elton John and Brian
    Backstage footage and interviews with Brian, Roger, Spike Edney
  7. Footage of 'We Are The Champions' from the concert, further backstage footage, and interview snippets from most of the performers.
    Interview with Roger, with
    Insert 6
  8. Information about the Mercury Phoenix Trust, with Thierry Lang's version of 'Guide Me Home'
    Documentary credits, with an excerpt of the album version of 'My Melancholy Blues'

At approximately 23:00 there is a link to 'hidden' footage of the Elizabeth Taylor speech, of length approx 5 minutes.