The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Documentary

Available as part of the 'Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert - 10th Anniversary Reissue' double-DVD, as title 2 on disc 2.
Length 57 minutes.

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

As the title suggests this is a documentary about the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, and was made to mark the 10th anniversary. It was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2002, and probably elsewhere as well. It is divided into the following chapters:

1. New introduction by Roger, recorded in 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, length 4 minutes.

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