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:
- 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
- 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
- Footage of 'I Want To Break Free'
from the concert, and interview with Lisa Stansfield, and
end footage from rehearsal.
- 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
- 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'
- 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
- 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
- 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.