Champions Of The World
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Released 6 November 1995.
Length 124 minutes.
Produced by Jim Beach and Rudi Dolezal
Directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher
This is a two hour documentary about the band, from the
formation of Smile in 1969 to the 'Made In Heaven' album in 1995.
This video recycles a lot of the material used for 'The Magic
Years', but adds new interviews and obviously covers more. It was
also adapted for TV broadcast, titled 'In
The Lap Of The Gods - The Queen Phenomenon'. It is divided
into the following sections, with rare footage highlighted in
red:
- Excerpt of 'Queen Talks' (the B-side interview
compilation), with footage of Queen travelling
- Footage of 'Tie Your Mother Down' (live at Wembley 1986
audio, with clips of Queen from over the years), followed
by some backstage footage
- Excerpt of 'Flash', with interview clips with many other
musicians (most of which are from 'The Magic Years')
- Looped excerpt of 'Innuendo' with various clips of Queen
and Freddie Singalongs, and short interview with Freddie
- Excerpt of 'Mother Love', with footage of Queen from 1986
to 1973
- Footage of Smile at the Royal Albert Hall, with excerpts
of 'Step On Me' and 'April Lady', and interviews with
Brian and Roger about Smile and the formation of Queen
- Excerpt of 'Going Back' with footage of London and early
photos of Queen
- Interviews with Freddie, David Bowie, and John about the
formation of Queen
- Footage of Queen performing 'Liar' (1973), and interviews
with Freddie, Brian and Roger, and excerpt of 'Brighton
Rock' (Earl's Court, 1977)
- Interview with Michael Appleton about 'The Old Grey
Whistle Test', with footage from 'Keep Yourself Alive'
(both Queen's promo video and the material used on the
show)
- Interview with Brian about early shows, excerpt of 'Seven
Seas Of Rhye', early footage of Queen, and interview with
Freddie
- Footage of Brian and John, interview with Roger, and clip
of 'Killer Queen' (Top Of The Pops)
- Interview with Brian about early ambitions, and excerpt
of 'Stone Cold Crazy' from 'Live At The Rainbow'
- Excerpt of 'Seven Seas Of Rhye' (instrumental preview),
with footage of Queen in Japan, and interview with Brian
- Excerpt of 'Doing Alright', with further footage of Queen
in Japan, and interview with Roger
- Excerpt of 'Under Pressure', with short clips of John
from over the years
- Interviews with John about various subjects: education,
early days, his personality, singing, family life, and
his contributions to Queen, with a clip of John's bass
run from 'Liar' (Earl's Court, 1977)
- Clip of Michael Aspel announcing BPI award and 'Wayne's
World' clip and interview with Mike Myers
- Clip of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' interviews with Roy Thomas
Baker and Freddie, footage of celebrities singing, and
clip of Freddie on Kenny Everett's TV show
- Further clips of 'Bohemian Rhapsody', intercut with
'Wayne's World' and further Mike Myers interview
- Interviews with Freddie and Roger, clip of Bad News,
followed by a compilation of celebrities performing the
track
- Excerpt of 'Action This Day', with footage from promo
films and backstage footage
- 'Making of' footage for 'Spread Your Wings', and
interview with Brian
- Original footage of 'Bicycle Race' and interview with Roy
Thomas Baker
- Footage from 'Radio Ga Ga', interview with Roger,
rehearsal footage of 'I Was Born To Love You', and more
footage of 'Radio Ga Ga'
- 'Making of' footage of 'I Want It All' and 'Breakthru',
and interviews with John and Brian
- Footage of 'The Miracle', interviews with Brian and
Roger, original 'The Miracle' casting tapes, and
interview with the young Freddie
- Interview with Freddie, footage of 'Innuendo', and
interviews with Roger and video animator Jerry Hibbert
- Excerpt of 'I'm In Love With My Car' and footage of Roger
from over the years (including the 'Strange Frontier'
promo video)
- Interviews with Roger about various subjects: education,
drugs, his opinions, songwriting, and happiness, with
clip of Drum solo from the end of 'Now I'm Here' from
'Live In Japan' 1982
- Excerpt of the 'Guitar Intro' from 'A Day At The Races',
footage from Hyde Park, interview with Brian, and excerpt
of '39 (Hyde Park)
- Excerpt of 'Spread Your Wings' interviews with John,
Roger and Queen roadie Ratty
- Excerpt of 'I'm In Love With My Car' and interview with
US Manager Jack Nelson
- Footage of 'Death On Two Legs' (Houston, 1977) and
interview with Brian
- Footage of 'We Are The Champions' (Houston, 1977) and
backstage footage
- Interview with Jim Beach, and excerpt of 'Las Palabras De
Amor', footage of South America, and interview with John
- Short clip of Roger's Drum Solo (1981), interview with
Brian, footage of 'Need Your Loving Tonight' (Buenos
Aires, 1981), and clip of Queen on Brazilian TV
- Interview with Roger and footage of 'Another One Bites
The Dust' (Buenos Aires, 1981)
- Interview with Brian and footage of the end of an unknown
track, probably 'Sheer Heart Attack', 1981
- Excerpt of 'Keep Passing The Open Windows' with footage
from 'Highlander', 'Iron Eagle' and 'Flash'
- Interview with Roger, footage of the 'Flash' promo video,
and interviews with Brian and Roger
- Footage from the 'A Kind Of Magic' promo video, and
interviews with Roger and Russel Mulcahy
- Footage from the 'Princes Of The Universe' promo video,
and interviews with Freddie, Roger and Christopher
Lambert
- Interview with Roger and footage from promo video of 'One
Vision' and 'Iron Eagle'
- Interviews with Jim Beach and Roger, and footage from
'Wayne's World'
- Excerpt of 'The Show Must Go On', with backstage footage
from the Magic Tour, and interviews with Brian, John,
Roger and Freddie
- Audio excerpt of 'We Will Rock You' (Wembley 1986), with
live footage from over the years cut to the track
- Interview with Brian and excerpt of 'My Melancholy
Blues', clip of Jim Callaghan (Queen security), and
footage of Queen travelling and concert audiences
- Interview with Roger and footage of 'Let Me Entertain
You' (Munich, 1979)
- Interview with Freddie and Roger, and footage of 'Now I'm
Here' (Munich, 1979)
- Interview with Freddie and footage of 'Don't Stop Me Now'
(Concert For Kampuchea, 1979)
- Interview with Roger and footage of 'Freddie Singalong'
(Montreux Rock Festival, 1986), interview with Freddie,
and footage of 'Put Out The Fire' (from 'Live In Japan',
1982)
- Footage of 'I'm In Love With My Car' (Buenos Aires, 1981)
and interview with Roger
- Interview with Brian, footage of 'Love Of My Life' (Sao
Paulo, 1981), interviews with Freddie and John, and
footage of 'Improvisation' (from 'Final Concert Live In
Japan', Tokyo 1985)
- Interview with Freddie, and excerpts of 'Procession' and
'Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon', with footage of the city
of Budapest
- Interview with Roger, excerpt of 'Las Palabras De Amor'
and footage of Queen arriving and around Budapest
- Footage of Brian and Freddie rehearsing 'Tavazsi Szel
Vizet Araszt', and performing it at the concert
- Audio clip of 'A Kind Of Magic' (live in 1986), with
footage of around Knebworth and Queen arriving, and
footage of Freddie and Roger rehearsing a singalong
- Footage of 'Is This The World We Created?' (Knebworth,
1986)
- Excerpt of 'Hammer To Fall', with video clips of Brian
- Interviews with Brian about various subjects: early life,
astronomy, talents and limitations, success, his guitar,
music, opinions, family life, his work, and the future,
followed by footage of Brian's Guitar Solo (Budapest,
1986)
- Footage of TV interview with John and Freddie (Brazilian
TV, 1985
- Footage of TV interview with Brian, Roger and John
(Japanese TV, with excerpt of 'Teo Torriatte')
- Footage of TV interview with Roger and John (Korean TV)
- Footage of 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' (Saturday
Night Live, 1982), interview with Roger, and footage of
'Under Pressure' (Saturday Night Live, 1982)
- Footage of 'Staying Power' (Milton Keynes, 1982),
interviews with Roger and Brian, footage of 'We Will Rock
You' (Live Aid, 1985), and interviews with Freddie and
Bob Geldof
- Footage of 'Hammer To Fall' (Live Aid, 1985), interview
with Gerry Stickells, footage of 'I Want To Break Free'
(Wembley, 1986)
- Interview with Freddie, footage of 'Radio Ga Ga'
(Knebworth, 1986), and further interview with Gerry
Stickells
- Clip of Queen collecting the 'Top Band Of The 80's' award
and speech by Brian
- Excerpt of 'Was It All Worth It?', with various footage
of Queen and footage of awards
- Interview with Jim Beach and footage of the promo videos
for 'The Show Must Go On' and 'I'm Going Slightly Mad'
- 'Making of' footage for the video of 'I'm Going Slightly
Mad', further video footage, and interview with Roger
- Footage of 'These Are The Days Of Our Lives' promo video,
and interviews with Brian and Roger
- Excerpt of 'Forever', with footage of Freddie's home,
Garden Lodge
- Interviews with Roger and Brian, news coverage and
reports of Freddie's death (with a slow piano version of
'You Take My Breath Away'), footage of Freddie's funeral,
and interview with Peter Freestone (Freddie's personal
assistant)
- Excerpt of 'You Take My Breath Away', with footage of
Freddie over the years and short interview clips
- Footage of Brian and Roger, announcing the tribute at the
Brit Awards, 1992
- Excerpt of 'Save Me', with footage of rehearsals at Bray
Studios, and interviews with Roger and Brian
- Interview with David Bowie and footage of 'Under
Pressure' from rehearsals and concert
- Footage of rehearsals and concert performance of many
tracks, including 'I Want It All', 'Hammer To Fall',
'These Are The Days Of Our Lives' and 'We Are The
Champions'
- Interview with Slash and rehearsal footage of 'Tie Your
Mother Down'.
- Interviews with Robert Plant and Roger Daltrey, footage
of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' from the concert, and interview
with Elton John
- Rehearsal footage of 'Who Wants To Live Forever' and
interview with Seal
- Excerpt of 'Cool Cat' with footage of many performers
before the concert
- Interview with Roger, and footage of Freddie Singalong
(Live Aid, 1985) as shown at the concert
- Footage of Elizabeth Taylor's speech, footage of
'Somebody To Love' from the concert, and interview with
George Michael
- Footage of 'We Are The Champions' from the concert, with
comments from many performers, interviews with Brian and
Roger, and backstage footage of memorabilia signing
- Interview with Anne Mayer from the Mercury Phoenix Trust,
and footage of a project in Africa
- Excerpt of 'Delilah' and various clips of Freddie
- Interviews with Freddie about various subjects: his
career, activities, songwriting, influences, critics, and
the past, with footage of 'You Take My Breath Away'
(Earls Court, 1977)
- Excerpt of 'Seaside Rendezvous' with footage of Queen
conventions, interview with Jacky Smith, and excerpt of
'Don't Stop Me Now'
- Excerpt of 'I'm Going Slightly Mad' and footage of a fan
look-a-like
- Interview with Roger, excerpt of 'We Are The Champions'
with sporting footage, and interviews with Freddie and
Brian
- Excerpt of 'We Will Rock You' (Knebworth, 1986) and more
sporting footage
- Excerpt of 'Mother Love', interview with David Richards,
and footage of Queen's studio and Montreux
- Interview with Jim Beach and excerpt of 'Heaven For
Everyone', with footage of Montreux
- Interview with Brian and excerpt of 'Too Much Love Will
Kill You', with further Montreux footage
- Excerpt of 'A Winter's Tale' and further footage of
Montreux
- Extract from 'My Melancholy Blues' (a piano version) with
a Freddie interview, and footage of Lake Geneva
- Excerpt of 'We Are The Champions'
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