Planes, Trains and Eric
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Planes, Trains and Eric |
| Original title | Planes, Trains and Eric |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 156 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Maxwell |
| production | Eric Clapton , Peter Jackson, David Maxwell |
| music | Eric Clapton |
| camera | Katsuyuki Sato |
| occupation | |
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Planes, Trains and Eric (also Planes, Trains and Eric: The Music, The Stories, The People - Mid and Far East Tour 2014 ) is a music documentary about Eric Clapton's spring 2014 music tour . The film was released in Germany on October 31, 2014.
action
The film begins with an interview with Clapton. This is followed by the first concert title Tell The Truth from Singapore . The interview sequences alternate with the songs during the film. The travel events, sound checks and concerts from Japan recorded four weeks beforehand will follow. As the film progresses, Clapton, band members, friends and managers describe their story in the Far East. Clapton receives an award from Udo Artists for his 200th appearance in Japan and 83rd in the Nippon Budōkan and is honored as the international record holder with the most appearances in Japan. Further recordings from Bahrain , the United Arab Emirates and their concert development will be shown. Whether Clapton will now withdraw from the touring business at the age of 70 remains unknown.
Track list
- Tell The Truth (Clapton, Bobby Whitlock )
- Pretending ( Jerry Lynn Williams )
- Crossroads ( Robert Johnson )
- Driftin ' ( Charles Brown , Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams)
- I Shot the Sheriff ( Bob Marley )
- Little Queen of Spades (Johnson)
- Layla (Clapton, Jim Gordon )
- Wonderful Tonight (Clapton)
- Key to the Highway (William Broonzy, Charles Segar)
- Before You Accuse Me ( McDaniel )
- Tears in Heaven (Clapton, Will Jennings )
- Cocaine ( JJ Cale )
- Hoochie Coochie Man ( Willie Dixon )
- High Time We Went ( Joe Cocker )
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Jimmy Cox)
- Alabama Woman Blues (Mayo Williams, Leroy Carr )
reception
Criticism
The mail order company Jpc awarded 4.5 of the 5 possible evaluation units . Andreas Schiffmann of the website Musikreviews.de described the work as a "three-quarter concert DVD and a quarter of a documentary full of original sounds on the subject of Eric Clapton in his golden years, no more and no less." Music editor Michael Donhauser from Sächsische The newspaper describes the concert film as "decisively shaping" and praised the arrangement of the music DVD. Critic Andreas Platthaus from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung thinks that Planes, Trains and Eric show "a lusty Eric Clapton". Overall, Platthaus was very positive about the publication.
Chart success
The DVD reached number 65 in the German album charts and stayed there for a week. The concert film was ranked 4th on the Swiss charts and stayed there for 3 weeks. In the Australian DVD charts of the Australian Recording Industry Association , the release was number 4. In the Netherlands , the concert film was number 7 on the DVD chart and at the end of 2014 it was number 43 in the charts. In France , the concert film reached number 23 on the DVD chart.
Web links
- Planes, Trains and Eric at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eagle Rock Entertainment: Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 11, 2014, eagle-rock.com
- ↑ Eric Clapton: Planes, Trains and Eric - Mid And Far East Tour 2014 (Blu-ray Disc) - jpc , accessed October 17, 2014, jpc.de
- ↑ Michael Donhauer: Genius, drunkard and fabric supplier for religious instruction . In: Saxon newspaper . 2015.
- ↑ Andreas Platthaus: From the light figure of the white blues . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . 2015.
- ^ Planes, Trains and Eric. Official charts, accessed April 6, 2015 .
- ↑ Planes, Trains And Eric - The Music, The Stories, The People. Swiss hit parade , accessed on April 6, 2015 .
- ↑ Australia's Official Top 40 Music DVDs. ARIA , April 3, 2015, accessed on April 6, 2015 (Still on the chart list on April 3. However, the entry can be removed from the list at any time. The list is not archived.).
- ↑ Classement officiel des ventes de DVD Musicaux. Pure Charts, accessed April 25, 2015 .
