Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Runnin' Down a Dream" BestBuy set

[estranged4life]

On Oct.16,2007 sees the release of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 3DVD/1CD set entitled "Runnin' Down a Dream", which is a BestBuy exclusive boxed set:

(It is now on-sale for $24.99 with free shipping)

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat131600050037&type=category

Three DVDs with more than five hours of video

Four-hour director's cut from famed director Peter Bogdanovich

Never-before-seen footage and interviews, plus music from the band's 30-year career

Film includes interviews with George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Jackson Browne, Johnny Depp and more

A DVD of the Heartbreakers' celebrated 30th anniversary concert in Heartbreaker hometown of Jacksonville, FL

A Soundtrack CD featuring rare and unreleased tracks

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Stevie is listed on disc 3 for the tracks "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", "I Need to Know" and "Insider"

[Steviefan49]

On Oct.16,2007 sees the release of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 3DVD/1CD set entitled "Runnin' Down a Dream", which is a BestBuy exclusive boxed set:

(It is now on-sale for $24.99 with free shipping)

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat131600050037&type=category

Three DVDs with more than five hours of video

Four-hour director's cut from famed director Peter Bogdanovich

Never-before-seen footage and interviews, plus music from the band's 30-year career

Film includes interviews with George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Jackson Browne, Johnny Depp and more

A DVD of the Heartbreakers' celebrated 30th anniversary concert in Heartbreaker hometown of Jacksonville, FL

A Soundtrack CD featuring rare and unreleased tracks

-------------------------------

Stevie is listed on disc 3 for the tracks "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", "I Need to Know" and "Insider"

Thanks SO much for posting this! I can't wait to get mine! :cool:

[JazmenFlowers]

awesome.

thanks for the info.

[Janis_no1]

Wonder if stevie will get a mention or anything??

[rbs3676]

Oct 16th??
I am taking that day off. CANT WAIT!!! :]:]:]

rbs

[SpyNote]

: W :eek: W :

[Livia]

:blob2::blob1::blob2:

[Betsy]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: THANKS BRIAN! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

You just gave me an idea for the 17 year-old-son's Christmas present.

Someone suggested Petty PLAYBACK and he got that for his birthday and went ape ---- !

(Just imagine what he'll do with the Christmas tree!)

[danax6]

Woohee, it's coming out here four days earlier, on the 12th. :D

Selling price is $77 though. :mad: I might just wait until I can get a copy on Ebay somewhere. :(

[Tango]

Thank you! I've ordered it!

[Livia]

The press release from Warner Bros.

SOURCE: Warner Bros. Records

Sep 27, 2007 06:00 ET
Warner Bros. Records' "Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers" a Film by Peter Bogdanovich 3 DVD 1 CD Set Available Only at Best Buy Beginning October16; Film to Debut at New York Film Festival on October 14
"Tom Petty's Buried Treasure" Kicks Off Another Season on XM Radio on September 27

BURBANK, CA--(Marketwire - September 27, 2007) - Warner Bros. Records is pleased to announce "Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers" will be sold exclusively at Best Buy retail outlets beginning October 16. Directed by cinema legend Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show"), the four-disc set tracks Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from their Gainesville beginning to their 30th anniversary celebration.

The film tells the great American story of a band that came from the middle of nowhere to win the hearts of millions. "Runnin' Down A Dream" has also been selected to close the 2007 New York Film Festival at the legendary Walter Reade Theatre on October 14 with select cities premiering the film for one night only on October 15. The Sundance Channel also premieres the film commercial free on October 29.

"At Best Buy we are always looking to bring our customers unique looks at legends in the music industry and that's why we are thrilled to be able to work Tom Petty," said Gary Arnold, senior vice president of entertainment for Best Buy. "This DVD set provides an up close look at an incredible career and showcases three decades of unbelievable music."

"Runnin' Down A Dream" focuses not only on the Heartbreakers' inspiring ride to the top but the story of what they did when they got there, as artists, as a band and as people. Bogdanovich's film explores many of the underlying reasons for the band's unmatched capacity not only to endure but to thrive. Gritty, exuberant, infectious: "Runnin' Down A Dream" tells the Heartbreakers' story as never before, revealing the combination of unwavering talent, artistic vision, and sheer persistence that has made their thirty-plus year run possible. The film features in-depth interviews with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and the circle of musicians, friends and collaborators who came into the band's orbit over the years.

"'Runnin' Down A Dream' is a film that will put Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in their well-deserved place among the greatest Rock 'n' Roll bands of our time. Warner Bros. Records is extremely proud to be able to join with Tom Petty, Peter Bogdanovich, and Best Buy to enable this great story to be seen and heard by everyone throughout the world," Diarmuid Quinn, Chief Operating Officer, Warner Bros. Records.

In addition to tracking the Heartbreakers over their decades together, "Runnin' Down A Dream" also follows Tom Petty's solo adventures and his time as a Traveling Wilbury alongside George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison. A celebration of what can happen when artists are given the chance to explore the depths of their own talent, "Runnin' Down A Dream" is the story of an artistic victory unlike any other.

Packaging information:


-- 2 DVD, four hour Director's cut of "Runnin' Down A Dream." Includes
Eddie Vedder, Rick Rubin, Roger McGuinn, Dave Grohl, Johnny Depp, Jeff
Lynne, Stevie Nicks, Jackson Browne, and more.
-- 1 DVD of the emotional 30th Anniversary Concert in Heartbreaker
hometown, Gainesville, Florida
-- 1 CD of recordings and rarities drawn from the film, several never
before released.
Tom Petty will also be returning to XM on September 27 for his celebrated show, "Tom Petty's Buried Treasure." The hour-long show, hosted by Petty, blends favorite tracks from his personal collection, forgotten classics from garages and used record bins, and live shows, recorded by rock-n-roll's most inspired practitioners with informed, often hilarious and always passionate commentary.


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· Los Angeles, CA
· New York City, NY
· San Francisco, CA
· Berkeley, CA
· Santa Rosa, CA
· San Diego, CA
· Austin, TX
· Boston, MA
· Chicago, IL
· Detroit, MI
· Evansville, IN
· Lansing, MI
· Grand Rapids, MI
· San Luis Obispo, CA
· Livermore, CA
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· Dallas, TX
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· Washington, DC
ABOUT TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS released their debut album in 1976. Since that time they have sold more than 50 million records and remain one of the biggest touring acts in the business. Despite the scale of their success and the creative range of their work, the Heartbreakers maintain a reputation as a rock-and-roll band, always true to the music's original inspiration. Between the Heartbreakers' recordings and his solo work, Tom Petty has received 18 Grammy nominations. Honored with lifetime achievement awards including Billboard's Century Award, MTV's Video Vanguard Award, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tom Petty, with the Heartbreakers at his side, has achieved the status of legend among his fellow musicians and listeners worldwide.

ABOUT PETER BOGDANOVICH

Peter Bogdanovich has earned a reputation as one of American cinema's great filmmakers. In addition to his work as a director, Bogdanovich has received acclaim as an author, a critic, a screenwriter, a documentarian, an actor, and a historian. His films, including "The Last Picture Show," "Paper Moon," and "Mask" have been Oscar-winning landmarks. "The Last Picture Show" is a National Treasure as declared by the Library of Congress. Viewers know him for his recurring role and directing work on "The Sopranos." Film historians and movie buffs alike know him both for his monographs on Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, and John Ford. On the heels of "Runnin' Down A Dream," Bogdanovich will return to feature film directing with a new film entitled "Star-Crossed," based on a true Hollywood love story. He's also planning a return to the theater, to do a Broadway production of Tennessee Williams's last play, "In Masks Outrageous and Austere," which is being co-presented by Gore Vidal.

About Best Buy Co., Inc.

Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) operates a global portfolio of brands with a commitment to growth and innovation. Our employees strive to provide customers around the world with superior experiences by responding to their unique needs and aspirations. We sell consumer electronics, home-office products, entertainment software, appliances and related services through approximately 1,200 retail stores across the United States, throughout Canada and in China. Our multi-channel operations include: Best Buy (BestBuy.com, BestBuy.ca and BestBuy.com.cn), Future Shop (FutureShop.ca), Geek Squad (GeekSquad.com and GeekSquad.ca), Pacific Sales Kitchen and Bath Centers (PacificSales.com), Magnolia Audio Video (Magnoliaav.com), Jiangsu Five Star Appliance Co. (Five-Star.cn) and Speakeasy (Speakeasy.net). Best Buy supports the communities in which its employees work and live through volunteerism and grants that benefit children and education.

For more information on "Runnin' Down A Dream," please contact:

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[email protected]
323.822.4850

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[email protected]
212.774.6162

Bebe Lerner
[email protected]
323.822.8424

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[sarachristine]

I already placed my order. Stevie is all over this. Go to the Best Buy site and it tells you exactly what you get. Well worth the $24.95 price.

[MacMan]

Here's the trailer for the dvd... Stevie's in a short clip of it...

http://highwaycompanions.com/video_single.php?module=video_single&video_id=4

[danax6]

Here's the trailer for the dvd... Stevie's in a short clip of it...

http://highwaycompanions.com/video_single.php?module=video_single&video_id=4Awesome. :cool:

[David]

Why did Dave Grohl call him a badass?

[Livia]

'Cuz he IS a badass. It's a compliment. :thumbsup: I like what Johnny Depp said.

I'm not gonna pre-order, seems whenever I do that, I get things after the release date. Sometimes Best Buy will have a product on the shelves the day before the official release date, so I'm hoping for that. If not, then I'll be there on my lunch hour Oct. 16.

[Livia]

Another article:

http://www.sys-con.com/read/437329.htm

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS Film "Runnin' Down A Dream" to Be Screened in Heartbreaker Hometown, Gainesville, Florida, for Two Nights Only, October 15th and 16th

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/01/07 -- On April Fool's Day 1974, Tom Petty hopped into a van with his bandmates, including future Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, to pursue dreams of rock and roll stardom. Ten Miles outside of town the van broke down. And the world paid no mind. But the cameras were already running. That moment in Heartbreaker history and many others were caught on film well before Tom Petty was a household name. Still an unknown outside of his home region, Petty was fronting the band Mudcrutch, which would only gradually evolve into the Heartbreakers. The music itself was the only sure sign of what was to come. These remarkable early years, and all that would follow, are at the center of a new documentary by legendary director Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show"). An unprecedented look inside the story of America's truest rock and roll band, the documentary will be screened in Gainesville for two nights only, Monday and Tuesday the 15th and 16th October at the Regal Gainesville Cinema 14 at 7pm. Tickets will be available on Thursday, October 4th at Fandango.com.

"Runnin' Down A Dream" has been selected to close the 2007 New York Film Festival at the legendary Walter Reade Theater on October 14. The film includes performances from the 30th anniversary concert at the O'Connell Center on September 22nd, 2006, rare television footage, never before seen interviews from the archive, clips from Bogdanovich's discussions with such Heartbreaker friends and family including Eddie Vedder, Stevie Nicks, Rick Rubin, Jeff Lynne, and many more musicians, friends and collaborators who came into the band's orbit over the years.

"Runnin' Down A Dream" focuses not only on the Heartbreakers' inspiring ride to the top but the story of what they did when they got there, as artists, as a band and as people. Bogdanovich's film explores many of the underlying reasons for the band's unmatched capacity not only to endure but to thrive. Gritty, exuberant, infectious: "Runnin' Down A Dream" tells the Heartbreakers' story as never before, revealing the combination of unwavering talent, artistic vision, and sheer persistence that has made their thirty-plus-year run possible.

In addition to tracking the Heartbreakers over their decades together, "Runnin' Down A Dream" also follows Tom Petty's solo adventures and his time as a Traveling Wilbury alongside George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison. A celebration of what can happen when artists are given the chance to explore the depths of their own talent, "Runnin' Down A Dream" is the story of an artistic victory unlike any other.

ABOUT TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS released their debut album in 1976. Since that time they have sold more than 50 million records and remain one of the biggest touring acts in the business. Despite the scale of their success and the creative range of their work, the Heartbreakers maintain a reputation as a rock-and-roll band, always true to the music's original inspiration. Between the Heartbreakers' recordings and his solo work, Tom Petty has received 18 Grammy nominations. Honored with lifetime achievement awards including Billboard's Century Award, MTV's Video Vanguard Award, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tom Petty, with the Heartbreakers at his side, has achieved the status of legend among his fellow musicians and listeners worldwide.

ABOUT PETER BOGDANOVICH

Peter Bogdanovich has earned a reputation as one of American cinema's great filmmakers. In addition to his work as a director, Bogdanovich has received acclaim as an author, a critic, a screenwriter, a documentarian, an actor, and a historian. His films, including "The Last Picture Show," "Paper Moon," and "Mask," have been Oscar-winning landmarks. "The Last Picture Show" is a National Treasure as declared by the Library of Congress. Viewers know him for his recurring role and directing work on "The Sopranos." Film historians and movie buffs alike know him for his monographs on Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, and John Ford. On the heels of "Runnin' Down A Dream," Bogdanovich will return to feature film directing with a new film entitled "Star-Crossed," based on a true Hollywood love story. He's also planning a return to the theater to do a Broadway production of Tennessee Williams's last play, "In Masks Outrageous and Austere," which is being co-presented by Gore Vidal.

For more information on "Runnin' Down A Dream,"
please contact:

Allison Elbl
[email protected]
323.822.4850

Cari Ross (NY)
[email protected]
212.774.6162

Bebe Lerner
[email protected]
323.822.8424

[mikeschmike]

Kick ass! I am all over this on the 16th.

[David]

This is going to be a big hit movie. I'm sure of it. :thumbsup:

It will be the Rattle & Hum of the New Age. Although he isn't by any stretch one of my favorite moviemakers, Bogdanovich is poised for a major comeback.

[Livia]

http://www.stereogum.com/archives/video/peter-bogdanovich-does-tom-petty.html

Earlier this AM we mentioned the Killers covering Joy Division for the Control soundtrack. While we're talking films, how about Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Peter Bogdanovich's Petty documentary? It's a four-hour film (epic) that includes rare footage, interviews, concert action, etc. Talking heads will included Dave Grohl, fellow Wilbury George Harrison, Jackson Browne, Johnny Depp, Eddie Vedder, and, of course, Rick Rubin, the Heartbreakers themselves. A sort of Petty-inspired sausage party! Oh, wait, Stevie Nicks is in there, too ... She only sounds like a man. Just kidding.


Runnin' Down A Dream premieres 10/14 at the New York Film Festival and then runs commercial free 10/29 on the Sundance Channel (with later rebroadcasts), but if you like the thing enough to take home, a 3 DVD/1 CD set's available on Warner Brothers 10/16, exclusively at Best Buy ... tres Eagles. Oh, wait, that was Wal-Mart and Sam's. We had Don Henley confused with Billy Corgan. Anyhow, the Best Buy-exclusive package includes the four-hour Director's cut, the 30th Anniversary Concert in the band's Gainesville hometown, and a CD of recordings/rarities from the film (some previously unreleased). Not quite enough? A related coffee table book will available 11/1 on Chronicle Books.

Marketing blitz aside, dude's definitely had jams ... We kinda think of their songs in terms of the characters Petty created: Still love the tripped Alice cake, the bummed L.A. "Free Fallin'" chick, and plenty of their other American girls. Do you have a favorite?

[Livia]

*spoiler alert*

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=print_review&reviewid=VE1117935090&categoryid=31

Posted: Sun., Oct. 14, 2007, 1:59pm PT
Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

(Documentary) Directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

With: Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Johnny Depp, Jackson Browne, Eddie Vedder, Roger McGuinn, Jeff Lynne, Dave Stewart.


By RONNIE SCHEIBFree-falling through 30 years of continuous musical reinvention and 145 songs, Peter Bogdanovich's four-hour docu on Tom Petty goes down as smoothly as well-aged whiskey. Rather than fashioning a standard-issue, VH1-type rise-and-fall-and-rise-again biodoc, Bogdanovich includes little material that does not relate, directly or indirectly, to the evolution of the music. Result is a feast for Petty fans and a joyous confirmation of the vitality of the collective creative process. Following its New York Film Festival debut, the pic opens Oct. 15 as a one-night-only theatrical event in 27 U.S. cities, followed by a DVD rollout and Oct. 29 Sundance Channel airing.
Petty's personal archives supplied an extraordinary wealth of footage, allowing the pic to visually trace Petty's beginnings -- from age 11, when he met Elvis onset in Gainesville for "Follow That Dream," to his formation of a popular high school band, the Sundowners. This gave birth to the Epics, whose "corny" name was changed to the enigmatic Mudcrutch. Petty's adoration of cowboys and cowboy movies even allows Bogdanovich to slip in a clip from "Rio Bravo," wherein Ricky Nelson and Dean Martin croon "Get Along Home Cindy."

Homemovies (shot on 8mm) of band members fooling around in Gainesville are scored to newly remixed cuts of unreleased Mudcrutch numbers. Copious scenes of the jubilant Heartbreakers on their first European trip (their 1976 debut album, overlooked at home, enjoyed huge popularity in England) include an appearance on the BBC rock show "Old Grey Whistle Test," where they perform "Fooled Again."

The Heartbreakers' early formation and its members' individual contributions are recounted by those who stayed, those who joined and those who left. The convoluted politics that took over once the band left Gainesville makes for improbably fascinating watching, due largely to savvy editing.

Editing scheme somewhat glosses over Petty's momentary, label-dictated abandonment of the band, playing up his later heroic stand against the industry (Petty successfully fought to regain control of his music and subsequently prevented the record company from using his popularity to raise the retail price of LPs). Bogdanovich's tendency toward hero worship, and the fact that the docu was commissioned by Petty, may have something to do with the choice. But since Petty's desertion was momentary and his ultimate struggle impacted the music biz for years, Bogdanovich's interpretation is finally history's.

Pic does full justice to Petty's collaborations with established artists he admired, showing him and the Heartbreakers touring for two years as Bob Dylan's band; his participation in the Traveling Wilburys along with Dylan, George Harrison and Roy Orbison; and his work with Johnny Cash. The video of his 1981 duet with Stevie Nicks, of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," is preceded by talks with Nicks in which she describes trying to leave Fleetwood Mac to join the Heartbreakers, only to be told, "But you're a woman!"

Interviews with the likes of Jackson Browne, Johnny Depp (who appeared in the video for "Into the Great Wide Open"), George Harrison (shortly before his death), Eddie Vedder, Roger McGuinn, Jeff Lynne and Dave Stewart are cannily interspersed throughout, along with selected snippets with Petty himself, whose wry commentary proves highly entertaining.

In Petty, Bogdanovich found the musical equivalent of a classical metteur-en-scene, a literal auteur -- widely acknowledged as a great songwriter, whose orchestration of his songs is dependent on the input of others yet reflective of his own vision.

Pic feels half its length, dragging a bit only in the final quarter-hour, when Bogdanovich finds it necessary to again sum up Petty's importance.

Tech credits, particularly sound, are uniformly excellent.

Camera (color, HD 24p, 8mm), Jim Chader, Don Smith; editor, Danica Barnes, Sean Stack; sound, Elliott Cowand, Shaun Cunningham, Brian Riordan. Reviewed at New York Film Festival, Oct. 11, 2007. Running time: 238 MIN.

Read the full article at:
http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&r=VE1117935090&c=31

[DeeGeMe]

BestBuy's pre-order has free shipping. I want the book too and Amazon also has that at a discount if you pre-order it too.

[Livia]

I'll be buying it in person at Best Buy tomorrow. But thanks for the heads up on the book!

[GardenStateGirlie]

i'm doing an advanced screening of the film tonight for work. if i decide to stick around for it, i'll let you guys know how it is -- it sounds pretty good though :nod:

[skcin]

Um....wtf? :mad: I went to Best Buy & was told the distributor didn't "get them out on time" and that none of the stores have it yet. Anyone else?

[JazmenFlowers]

Um....wtf? :mad: I went to Best Buy & was told the distributor didn't "get them out on time" and that none of the stores have it yet. Anyone else?
omg, I will be pissed. I was all excited to watch this on the treadmill tonight! :mad:

[buckymcnix]

I got an email from best buy saying that they shipped mine out yesterday.
I stayed home from work expecting it so it better come:mad:

[GardenStateGirlie]

omg, I will be pissed. I was all excited to watch this on the treadmill tonight! :mad:

i hope you plan on watching it in increments or moving from the treadmill onto the couch because that **** is four hours long :laugh:

i stayed for a little over an hour last night (there was to be an intermission at the end of two hours) and from what i saw, i thought it was pretty hilarious and really cool -- not only the video of mudcrutch and live performances from the past year but the really candid interviews and the fact that most of petty's life was documented by he and his friends as they were embarking the journey to become a band. i'll probably either buy or rent it to watch the rest :nod:

[Steviefan49]

I got an email from best buy saying that they shipped mine out yesterday.
I stayed home from work expecting it so it better come:mad:

I got my e-mail too, but I know how "shipping" goes, and wasn't expecting it until this weekend sometime! LOL:p

[JazmenFlowers]

i hope you plan on watching it in increments or moving from the treadmill onto the couch because that **** is four hours long :laugh:
well, you know...I'll FF in certain places. :laugh:

[Livia]

I just bought mine. Huge display at Best Buy, with about 100 copies.

I already have plans tonight, but if I get home early enough, I'll probably watch the first 2-hour disc.

[sarachristine]

On Oct.16,2007 sees the release of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 3DVD/1CD set entitled "Runnin' Down a Dream", which is a BestBuy exclusive boxed set:

(It is now on-sale for $24.99 with free shipping)

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat131600050037&type=category

Three DVDs with more than five hours of video

Four-hour director's cut from famed director Peter Bogdanovich

Never-before-seen footage and interviews, plus music from the band's 30-year career

Film includes interviews with George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Jackson Browne, Johnny Depp and more

A DVD of the Heartbreakers' celebrated 30th anniversary concert in Heartbreaker hometown of Jacksonville, FL

A Soundtrack CD featuring rare and unreleased tracks

-------------------------------

Stevie is listed on disc 3 for the tracks "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", "I Need to Know" and "Insider"

FYI folks, I ordered it on-line a few weeks ago and got the $24.99 and free shipping price. I went to Best Buy today and they were selling it in store for $29.99. Get it on-line while you can for the cheaper price.

[Hawkeye]

Um....wtf? :mad: I went to Best Buy & was told the distributor didn't "get them out on time" and that none of the stores have it yet. Anyone else?

was told the same thing, which makes sense since we live in the same area.

[GODDESS6]

i went to best buy, they weren't out yet either, but the empty display thingy was w/ a price of 29.99 + tax~ so i took the advice of a ledgie & ordered it a best buy website for 24.99/free shipping~ wonder how long shipping will take?~ i can't wait to see it!!!~

[skuncles]

Your local Best Buy's just don't have it marked, it's on sale this week for $24.99 it's in this week's flyer. I got it yesterday at the store for $24.99 The regular price is $29.99

[skuncles]

Oh and by the way. Stevie's big "scene" is an hour and 40 mins or so into the first disc. They talk about "Insider", "Stop Draggin'" and how that all came to be and how SDMHA killed Petty's solo single released at the same time. The cool thing is the in the studio footage of Stevie and Tom working on SDMHA which has been shown in bits and pieces on MTV over the years. Note, they were WORKING on the song, Stevie's version is just Tom Petty's solo version with her and the girls vocals dubbed into it.

[SuzeQuze]

Oh and by the way. Stevie's big "scene" is an hour and 40 mins or so into the first disc. They talk about "Insider", "Stop Draggin'" and how that all came to be and how SDMHA killed Petty's solo single released at the same time. The cool thing is the in the studio footage of Stevie and Tom working on SDMHA which has been shown in bits and pieces on MTV over the years. Note, they were WORKING on the song, Stevie's version is just Tom Petty's solo version with her and the girls vocals dubbed into it.

I never realized this. It must've been trippy for him to hear it when it was done!

[priestofnothing]

Oh and by the way. Stevie's big "scene" is an hour and 40 mins or so into the first disc. They talk about "Insider", "Stop Draggin'" and how that all came to be and how SDMHA killed Petty's solo single released at the same time. The cool thing is the in the studio footage of Stevie and Tom working on SDMHA which has been shown in bits and pieces on MTV over the years. Note, they were WORKING on the song, Stevie's version is just Tom Petty's solo version with her and the girls vocals dubbed into it.

I was pleasantly surprised by how much time was spent on this segment, so I'm glad I picked this up.

Also, is Jimmy Iovine balding? Seems like everytime I've see him in the media in the past 5-10 years he is always wearing a baseball cap, as he is in this film. I get the feeling he is covering something (or the lack of something) up. He had such a thick head of hair when he was younger.

[Livia]

The sticker on the shrink wrap says $29.99, but as others have already mentioned, it's on sale this week for $24.99. Are you really saving any money buying online after you pay for shipping and handling? In other words, go get it now!!!

I stayed up very late watching it last nite. I was only planning to watch the first disc, but it sucks you in!

[Steviefan49]

The sticker on the shrink wrap says $29.99, but as others have already mentioned, it's on sale this week for $24.99. Are you really saving any money buying online after you pay for shipping and handling? In other words, go get it now!!!

I stayed up very late watching it last nite. I was only planning to watch the first disc, but it sucks you in!

Oh how exciting! I SOOOOOO can't wait for mine to come, and hopefully it will be for this weekend! And I've now convinced myself, even though I did order it on-line, that by the time you pay shipping and handling fees, you may as well just go and get the darn thing! LOLOL.. :laugh:

[rbs3676]

Picked up my copy yesterday along with the book (which I havent even looked at yet - will do so this weekend) and a sassy new HD DVD player! :)

I hooked up my DVD player (it was a breeze), lit a bunch of candles and opened a bottle of champagne. I put in Disc #3 and fast forwarded the concert to SDMHA, INTK, Insider and DCAHNM. Stevie looked and sounded amazing. "Insider", in particular, is just flawless. Made me remember how veklampt Livia and I got when we first saw it in St Louis last summer.

Then, I put the Tomumentary in. It's just awesome. I was up until almost one in the morning watching the whole thing. I'm going to watch a lot of it again tonight. Worth every penny. I adore the Heartbreakers and I've always loved Tom more than my luggage. This is really a very special thing.

Dont wait to get it -- buy it NOW!!!

rbs

[skcin]

was told the same thing, which makes sense since we live in the same area.

Best Buy on the boulevard has them in now. :thumbsup: Just picked mine up on my lunch hour.

[Phoenix]

Picked up my copy yesterday along with the book (which I havent even looked at yet - will do so this weekend) and a sassy new HD DVD player! :)

I hooked up my DVD player (it was a breeze), lit a bunch of candles and opened a bottle of champagne. I put in Disc #3 and fast forwarded the concert to SDMHA, INTK, Insider and DCAHNM. Stevie looked and sounded amazing. "Insider", in particular, is just flawless. Made me remember how veklampt Livia and I got when we first saw it in St Louis last summer.

Then, I put the Tomumentary in. It's just awesome. I was up until almost one in the morning watching the whole thing. I'm going to watch a lot of it again tonight. Worth every penny. I adore the Heartbreakers and I've always loved Tom more than my luggage. This is really a very special thing.

Dont wait to get it -- buy it NOW!!!
rbs

.......I loved this post. and the "Tomumentary":thumbsup: It sounds like exacally what i did. and am VERY tired today, but totally worth it. I ADORED the stevie segment, i love how he says that she was very understanding about not bieng able to give up insider, and how she just really adores Tom Petty and the heartbreakers, and acknowledges how they are responsible for getting her solo career started. Plus she looks and sonds AMAZING in the DVD. Insider ahhhhhhhh. waited for that live for soooo long. Thought id never be done again, and whallahh. Beautiful.........................................

[Betsy]

I ordered it online with the pre-order. The total came to $25.74 (They charged 75 cents for tax...?)

The Best Buy E-mail said it went out on Monday the 15th...but it's kinda screwy. It goes to the UPS for sorting and then UPS gives it to the US Postal Service, so it arrives that way.

Oh, Tom, Tom,
Where art thou?

Riding around in some little white jeep with a logo of a red, white and blue eagle on it?

[JazmenFlowers]

I didn't make it to Best Buy last night and I was on the treadmill just fuming. I plan on picking it up Saturday and watching it all the way through. hearing Insider live was an amazing experience and I'm glad it's captured on this DVD.

[Betsy]

One more thought...

THANK YOU ESTRANGED4LIFE!!!

For telling us so early on, that this set was gonna be available. Had it not been for you, I would still be in Unconsciousland.... (and there are no carnival rides like in Michael Jackson's themepark...)

[highwaywomen]

Has anyone that ordered this DVD from Best Buy received their's yet? Mine was shipped out on Monday and it's still in another state. It says they do not deliver on Saturdays or Sundays so that means I'm probably looking at next week. I have never experienced such slow shipping with them! I am very disappointed. I wanted to have it this weekend. If I would have known it was going to take this long I would have just waited and drove the 45 minutes to Best Buy tomorrow. Arh! I guess that's why it's FREE!!!

Jackie

[JazmenFlowers]

I just watched bits and pieces of the documentary and the concert. everyone looks and sounds great. Stevie looks great and she's just as I remember from the 2 shows I saw in California. energetic and strong and animated. a great show. Stevie gets lots of airtime too. I did notice a couple times it was obvious they filtered the shot, but even the times they didn't she looks amazing and gorgeous. Insider is worth buying this alone.

[CrystalMeth]

I got a copy autographed by Tom & Mike Campbell.

[Steviefan49]

Has anyone that ordered this DVD from Best Buy received their's yet? Mine was shipped out on Monday and it's still in another state. It says they do not deliver on Saturdays or Sundays so that means I'm probably looking at next week. I have never experienced such slow shipping with them! I am very disappointed. I wanted to have it this weekend. If I would have known it was going to take this long I would have just waited and drove the 45 minutes to Best Buy tomorrow. Arh! I guess that's why it's FREE!!!

Jackie

Hey Jackie..

The same thing happened to me, and I just got mine today! (Saturday)! It's AWESOME, and very well worth the wait! I've only made it through the first DVD so far, and will see the others tomorrow!

[highwaywomen]

Hey Jackie..

The same thing happened to me, and I just got mine today! (Saturday)! It's AWESOME, and very well worth the wait! I've only made it through the first DVD so far, and will see the others tomorrow!

Wow! Must be nice! I still haven't gotten mine! I'm thinking of writing to Best Buy about how slow their shipping is, but it's not like it's going to do anything. I am pissed because I am a full time student (English major) and I have too much sh*t to do this week, and I won't have time to watch it! Arrhh...I was just in the area of Best Buy yesterday too. "The waiting is the hardest part..."

Jackie

[buckymcnix]

Still waiting here too.
UGH>
:mad:

[Livia]

'Cuz he IS a badass. It's a compliment. :thumbsup: I like what Johnny Depp said.

I'm not gonna pre-order, seems whenever I do that, I get things after the release date. Sometimes Best Buy will have a product on the shelves the day before the official release date, so I'm hoping for that. If not, then I'll be there on my lunch hour Oct. 16.

I love quoting myself. :cool:

Sorry y'all are having to wait so long to get it.

[Steviefan49]

Wow! Must be nice! I still haven't gotten mine! I'm thinking of writing to Best Buy about how slow their shipping is, but it's not like it's going to do anything. I am pissed because I am a full time student (English major) and I have too much sh*t to do this week, and I won't have time to watch it! Arrhh...I was just in the area of Best Buy yesterday too. "The waiting is the hardest part..."

Jackie

Aw.. that sucks! I got my e-mail that it shipped like a week ago, and figured on it being out this weekend.. No more pre-ordering for me! LOLOL- I'm really sorry yours hasn't come yet.. Usually, I just go out and get things the day they come out, and figured that this would be easier this time, but I'm not doing that anymore, as the shipping took waaaaay too long! :rolleyes:

[Steviefan49]

Still waiting here too.
UGH>
:mad:

Oh man.. that sucks! Sorry you haven't gotten yours yet either! I learned my lesson for sure.. Hope you get it soon!

[buckymcnix]

Oh man.. that sucks! Sorry you haven't gotten yours yet either! I learned my lesson for sure.. Hope you get it soon!

thanks arlene -
it really does stink because i drive past best buy everyday, twice. That is over ten times that i have driven by.:mad:

I am so tempted to go buy it at the store and just send the mailed ones back when they get here, around thanksgiving or so.:angel::lol:

[Betsy]

This is laughable.

I just clicked on the E-mail from BestBuy which had a tracking link.


Best Best sent it to UPS in Carol Stream ,IL on 10-15-2007
UPS acknowledged it Carol Stream, IL on 10-15-2007
UPS shipped it to their Salt Lake City, UT UPS office on 10-19-2007
From there - The UPS gave it to the U S Postal Service 10-20-2007

Sooooo....from Illinois to Utah....via UPS....

(Doesn't somebody realize ....THEY OVERSHOT COLORADO ????)

I guess that's why it's free shipping....

UPDATE: It came today (MONDAY, OCT. 22 at 11:38 a.m. WOO HOO!)

[estranged4life]

I havent ordered a copy as of yet, But that is because I have been buried underneath tons of new cd releases - But I will be purchasing a copy very soon.

[buckymcnix]

UPDATE: It came today (MONDAY, OCT. 22 at 11:38 a.m. WOO HOO!)


woo hoo - mine too
:D

[highwaywomen]

I got mine today too! Luckly I am pretty much caught up in school work and I am sick today with a sinus infection. So I sat down after class this afternoon and watched the whole thing. My favorite part so far is when Tom says -"What they call country today is sort of like bad rock groups with a fiddle." I laughed out loud. I love Tom!

I also enjoyed the part when Stevie and Tom were working on "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around."

Great movie. I really want to see him live again...I'm going through withdrawl!

Jackie

[Livia]

I still need to watch the very end of Disc 2, but I'm already willing to watch the whole thing again. It's that good! :)

[sarachristine]

Has anyone that ordered this DVD from Best Buy received their's yet? Mine was shipped out on Monday and it's still in another state. It says they do not deliver on Saturdays or Sundays so that means I'm probably looking at next week. I have never experienced such slow shipping with them! I am very disappointed. I wanted to have it this weekend. If I would have known it was going to take this long I would have just waited and drove the 45 minutes to Best Buy tomorrow. Arh! I guess that's why it's FREE!!!

Jackie


I ordered it online and it finally came in the mail today. Yippee!!!! I am just about to pop in the movie. I already had downloaded the concert off a torrent site so that wasn't new to me but can't wait to see the film and hear the CD.

[Dar]

I ordered mine from Best Buy and STILL don't have it yet:shrug:Not happy today:mad:

Dar

[michelej1]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/tv/5249611.html

Houston Chronicle

DAVE WALKER

Peter Bogdanovich would seem to be a weird choice to direct a retrospective documentary about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Weird, in that Bogdanovich is best known as a feature-film director (The Last Picture Show), film historian (his documentary Directed by John Ford and his book This Is Orson Wells are considered classics of their genres) and, lately, actor (he played Dr. Elliot Kupferberg in The Sopranos).

According to an interview with Petty at tompetty.com, Bogdanovich didn't know that much about the band before starting the project.

Even so, Petty's camp chose Bogdanovich to do the film. The result, Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (6 p.m. Monday, Sundance) is four hours of bliss for the Petty hard-core, and a fascinating tale for the casual majority of potential viewers.

It helped that Bogdanovich had great material beyond the music itself.

For starters, there's the three-decade, made-in-America arc of the band's story, which will seem familiar to anyone who loves the VH1 Behind the Music template. The band has humble origins in Gainesville, Fla., and it rose to European success before breaking big in the United States. Petty battled with his record company while rising to artistic triumph with his 1979 album Damn the Torpedoes, still a classic-rock radio staple. There were prototypical struggles with substance abuse and creative differences but a soul-survivor's will that has kept the primary components of the band a creative and commercial force.

Then there are the home movies, apparently shot by early insiders Jim Lenehan and Ron Blair, which offer a charming glimpse at what life might've been like for the band during its swampy, scuffling days. Finally, there's Petty himself, an expert teller of droll tales, as anyone who has heard his most recent (super) solo album, Highway Companion, would attest.

"I must have been 10 or 11 years old," says Petty early in the film. "My aunt came over and said, `Elvis Presley is making a movie and your uncle's working on the picture, and I thought maybe you'd like to go down one day and watch the filming and see Elvis.' The streets were just packed with hundreds of people. Elvis appeared, like a vision. He didn't look like anything I'd ever seen. And I'm just dumbstruck.

"I went home a changed man."

Seeing the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show changed Petty further.

"I was 13," he says. "In those few minutes ... it all became clear. This is what I'm going to do. This is how you do it. Within 24 hours everything changed."

Bogdanovich brings in a chorus of collaborators and famous fans to testify, too. Stevie Nicks talks about how she would've ditched Fleetwood Mac to become a Heartbreaker if only girls were allowed. Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters and Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam can barely contain their awe. In an interview recorded shortly before his death, George Harrison, a seminal influence on Petty and later a Traveling Wilburys bandmate, is equally praising in his own way.

"For me, he's just one of the nicest people because he's not full of (expletive), as they say," Harrison says.

Bogdanovich expertly stit- ches all of it together into a film that feels about half as long as its epic run-time. Like his work in other realms, it's destined to be a classic of the genre.

"I feel very blessed," says Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell near the film's conclusion. "I'm a kid who saw the Beatles and had a fantasy dream (of) God, wouldn't it be great to do something like that? And then I had my dream come true, to the point where I met some of the Beatles and worked with them and had them tell me they liked the way I play. It's almost unreal, I've been so lucky."

Thanks to the weird choice of director, mated with all that cool source material, not to mention all that music, viewers will feel the same about Runnin' Down a Dream. I never owned a single Petty record until Companion, and I do.

[michelej1]

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=31177

Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

In this environment of quick clips on YouTube and automated playlists on the radio (both free and satellite) Tom Petty is more than just a champion for the last DJ, he is truly one of the last rock stars. A man who still puts a hundred percent into making the Long Play certainly deserves a documentary much more exhaustive and satisfying than the tabloid-faire of VH1's Behind the Music . Director Peter Bogdanovich may not exactly be the poor man's Scorsese to Petty's poor man's Dylan, but the other legendary director's masterpiece (No Direction Home: ) must have had an immediate impact on this four-hour chronicle. Telling the story of a rock and roll refugee and his band of Heartbreakers, some may think that it's two-and-a-half hours too much on the scruffy, Mary Jane puffing troubadour, and maybe that would be true if you didn't account for the fact that he's had both success and something to say in each of the last four decades; and Bogdanovich seems bent on using every hour to remind you of how overlooked the humble Petty is (even if the subject commissioned this saga himself).

Now out on DVD, the doc is also playing on the Sundance Channel, and aside from closing out the New York Film Festival it showed for one night only in selected theatres across the country (my screening was at the Mann Chinese 6 in Hollywood). The film opens up as the band (no, not The Band) hit the stage for a homecoming show in Gainesville, Florida, but while the story doesn't start from the "beginning," it's only moments that we learn about Petty's early influences; typical, yet essential (The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, anyone?). It's clear that a childhood meeting with the King, Elvis Presley (he was shooting a movie around town), had an enormous effect, as in one of the many interviews the director weaves in and out of the film, Petty admits to going home a changed man. His rock gods seemed to shape the young boy more than his old man, who he recalls as being abusive and mean (probably the source of his "edge"), although that $35 guitar he gave his son did come in handy. Peter Bogdanovich gives us childhood photos and old footage of his family, as Petty narrates the tale.

As other wanna-be rocks stars do, Tom Petty joined a high-school rock and roll band, The Epics, which eventually lead to Mudcrutch -who cares about the name for now, right? What's important is that they packed up the van and headed out west, but the record people only want Petty, his simple yet inventive guitarist, Mike Campbell, and the solid Benmont Tench on keys. Bogdanovich dubs this chapter, "What's In a Name," and its accompanied by 8mm footage of their road trip and an early music video. Petty's distinctive look was naturally there; the thin-lips, thin bones, and even longer hair.

It wasn't long after making it to L.A. that Tom Petty was told they were mostly interested in him, and Tom Petty recalls the decision to cut the boys loose. Although he's not explicit about it, we can feel the hungry artist in him; the one who was compelled to make it happen, even if it meant losing a few friends along the way. It seems to go against the hippie nature, maybe, but the creative angst in him wouldn't be denied. A couple of years later Petty reconnected with Campbell and Tench, who had already started another band with bassist Ron Blair and drummer Stan Lynch -- and they were calling themselves the Heartbreakers. Petty had a deal on the table with Denny Cordell (who perspective is included) of Shelter records, who agreed to the-Heartbreakers-as-the-backing-band pitch, and before you know it they're in the studio and out on the road.

This is no camera shy band we're dealing with here, no. In fact, it's almost uncanny how much film/tape was rolled on their behalf (which they eventually paid for in one way or another), and fans will ravage the footage of their first European tour. They were a smash in England, who associated the Heartbreakers with their own emerging pub/punk rock scene (the Eurythmics,' Dave Stewart explains as only an Englishman can), but it took a little time for them to be accepted at home where disco, arena rock, MOR ruled the land. Luckily the tide was turning in the States as punk and the new wave were becoming mainstream. The only old-school rockers that could survive the cut were the ones that were stripped-down or vintage sounding yet forward thinking; and the perception now was that Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers had the perfect blend of roots-rock, punk-rock, and pop. The inclusion of "American Girl" in the decade's pop-culture classic, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (where is music is along side the likes of Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, and Joe Walsh) would cement this position. As odd as it sounds, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vetter confesses that he used to woo chicks after school to the grooves of his Petty records. Bogdanovich inevitably cuts to the stage where Vetter guests on "The Waiting."

The artist may be skin and bones, his image a non-image, but Petty entered the MTV era like a champ, and the documentary meticulously takes you through a time when the band broke new ground on a brand new platform, and a time when Petty was making inroads with some of his heroes. Tom Petty was simultaneously becoming the hot new sound and classic rock, and his demand from and friendship with some of the industry's most established stars was rapidly growing. There was Stevie Nicks, who actually wanted to quit Fleetwood Mac to join the Heartbreakers (ol' Tommy put his foot down, decreeing, "There aren't any girls in the Heartbreakers."), and eventually he'd get the call-up from Bob Dylan himself when the Heartbreakers got to pretend they were The Band out on the road as Mr. Tambourine Man's backing band. Again, the footage is incredible, with a little bit of the video for "Insider," (a duet penned for Nicks' solo album, that ended up on Hard Promises because he'd grown too attached), some in-studio video where Stevie and Tom are working out, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," and then we get front and center for the Bob Dylan & The Heartbreakers set.

It wasn't all easy street for Tom Petty, however. First fighting for his publishing rights when his label, ABC, was acquired by MCA (in an innovative tactic, he filed for bankruptcy as a way to force the label to renegotiate his deal), then fighting over consumer rights when a price hike would apply to his new album, effectively making him look like the bad guy. And when Petty isn't fighting the Man for you or for himself, he's fighting the Man for the artists he reveres. Take the case of former Byrds icon, Roger McGuinn: Petty gives his A&R guy and producer a reaming after listening to the hokey material they had in mind for his hero's comeback album. When they suggest that he just re-write the lyrics, Petty accuses them of having unscrupulous intentions for pushing such crap. It's so personal you almost blush, but the taped incident reveals a vulnerable yet thankful McGuinn. The "Last DJ" himself, KLOS-FM's Jim Ladd appears on screen to give more testimonials of Petty's authenticity and values.

What would Tom Petty the teenager say if you told him that one day he'd be in a band with some of his biggest influences? That's exactly what happened when a series of "Coincidences" begat the Traveling Wilburys, a supergroup with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne. The latter became a producer/artist whom Petty would invite to produce his first solo album without the Heartbreakers, Full Moon Fever. The director incorporates an interview with the late, George Harrison, as well as the rest of the Wilburys. Peter Bogdanovich builds up the group's slow rise to the top, and he does an excellent job ushering us into more troubled and uncertain times for the band as well. With Petty as a solo act, some Heartbreakers were unsure of their future job status, others were getting too comfortable to care, and another (Howie Epstein) was slowly but surely losing his battle with addiction. Tom Petty deals with the sensitive subject with regret, but no guilt. Rick Rubin (producer of Echo, also weighs in on these tough but nevertheless rewarding times, especially when you got Johnny Cash doing a cover version of "I Won't Back Down."

Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers deals with the highs and lows of a long career in a business used to spitting people right out. The induction into the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame shows them getting credit for their hard work, but it's the 30th Anniversary Show that really celebrates the band's triumph. Selections are included throughout, but the DVD release will include the performance in its entirety. As far as the more personal aspects of Petty's life, Bogdanovich deals with tragedies well (the death of Epstein, the burning of Petty's home), but it handles his love life with kid-gloves; not that we need to get too pushy about it, but a little more on the breakdown of his marriage would have made it seem less controlled and glossed-over.

As a filmmaker, Peter Bogdanovich brings his own sense of place and rhythm to the Picture. He's got experience shooting quiet small towns, so when he goes back to Petty's childhood neighborhood, it looks more like something out of The Last Picture Show than The Last Waltz. The director also takes his time with just about every music clip and interview, not rushing for sound bytes he's letting real moments play out; instances that will make you feel like a fly-on-the-wall, forgetting that you're eavesdropping on a conversation that happened years ago. Tom Petty may not be the institution that Bob Dylan is, so maybe a documentary covering only up to the "You're Jammin' Me" days would be a little excessive, but Bogdanovich seeks to tell the complete arc of the band, giving you, perhaps, a more cohesive and fulfilling picture of an artist. Runnin' Down A Dream is a trip with one of American music's most durable personalities; it's an adventure that many of us feel connected to because Tom Petty's songs have been such a good companions for our own travels down life's highways.

[Nixxxed]

For those who haven't bought the box set yet, the film premieres in its entirety on the Sundance Channel tomorrow night at 7 EDT.

http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500254630

Showtimes listed:

Monday, Oct. 29 - 7 p.m. EDT
Thurs, Nov. 1 - 3 a.m. EDT
Saturday, Nov. 3 - 3 p.m. EDT

[bcmac]

This is one slick piece of work. Lots of cultural history here.

And now a question. Anyone have any particularly good experiences with software that extracts audio from DVD/video? I'd sure like to listen to Gainsville concert on my iPod.

[MacMan]

I use a program simply called "dvd audio extractor". Work fine... Takes about 20 minutes to rip a dvd... then you have to split the file down into the tracks.

[Livia]

Got this email from tompetty.com:

RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM TO BE RELEASED IN EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND

THEATRE SCREENINGS OF RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM IN AUSTRALIA

STREAM TOM'S BURIED TREASURE RADIO SHOWS ON HIGHWAYCOMPANIONS.COM

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Runnin' Down A Dream To Be Released in Europe and Australia

Fans in Europe and Australia do not have to wait much longer for the opportunity to enjoy Peter Bogdanovich's Runnin' Down A Dream.

On November 23, SPV Records will release the entire 4-disc set in stores throughout Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. SPV will release the entire 4-disc set in stores throughout the rest of Europe on November 26.

On November 24, Liberator Music will release the entire 4-disc set in stores throughout Australia and New Zealand.

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Theatre Screenings of Runnin' Down A Dream in Australia

On November 14th at 7pm there will be two screenings of Runnin' Down A Dream for one night only in Australia. Below are the two theatres where the screenings will take place and links to purchase tickets:

Melbourne: Village Cinemas Jam Factory on Wednesday November 14th at 7pm. Tickets are available at www.villagecinemas.com.au or at the box office.

Sydney: Greater Union George St on Wednesday November 14th at 7pm. Tickets are available at www.greaterunion.com.au or at the box office.

[Janis_no1]

Oh Livia, this is just superb!! thank you so much!! the Melbourne one is only 20ish mins from my house! woohoo, $25 per ticket yippeeeee!!!

xxooxxoo

[gldstwmn]

I still need to watch the very end of Disc 2, but I'm already willing to watch the whole thing again. It's that good! :)

It really is. I've been listening to Swingin' a lot the last couple of days and I keep thinking about what Benmont said about Howie. :( It never hit me until I saw it in the doc how bad off Howie was at the R&R Hall of Fame ceremony. At least he got that before he passed.

[Livia]

CINEMA: I Was An American Girl

Runnin’ Down A Dream (Dir. Peter Bogdanovich, 4-DISC DVD, 2007)

BY AMY Z. QUINN

As per usual, Philly was ahead of the curve on Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. If you grew up listening to the radio around here, you know that the first two albums, the self-titled debut and You’re Gonna Get It! were common cause on the local airwaves by 1979, back when FM was the Internet of its day. Thanks to the dashboard radio in my sister Terrie’s ‘72 LeMans, I feel like I was born with the words to a half-dozen of their songs on my tongue.

“I can tell you we played Tom Petty’s (1976) album from the first day it arrived at the station,” said ‘XPN’s Helen Leicht, who was spinning at 102.1/WIOQ in those days. “We played that album for at least a year before the rest of the world got Tom Petty. We hosted Tom Petty at a small club The Other Side,” she told me, adding that the staff there would encourage the band’s then-label, Shelter Records, not to give up on the Heartbreakers.

The booklet included in the four-disc DVD set of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down A Dream, calls them “America’s truest rock band,” and after some consideration and more than seven hours of watching and listening last weekend, I am not inclined to disagree. Though it’s worth noting that, whether ironically or accidentally on purpose, the very best moment in the whole package comes near the very end of Peter Bogdanovich’s superb documentary, as the band winds down a one-off, one-take version of Hank Williams’ “Lost Highway.”

“Isn’t that a great ****in’ song? It’s just a great ****in’ song!” Petty exclaims, giddy like he’s just hearing it for the first time. If you plow through the entire four-hour movie, plus the two-hour 30th anniversary concert DVD, plus the hour-or-so long bonus soundtrack cd, you’re pretty much guaranteed a half-dozen or so of those moments. Go back and listen to “Here Comes My Girl” or “The Waiting,” and thank the rock Gods for rhythm guitar and men who fall in love.

Consider: By the time they recorded their first live album, Pack Up The Plantation, in 1985, the Heartbreakers had already been responsible for “The Waiting,” “Breakdown,” “American Girl,” “Refugee,” and “Southern Accents,” more “classics” than a lot of bands have in a whole career of chart hits. The film shows how, through the early ’80s, the Heartbreakers and MTV got along like a house afire even as he alienated every record label executive from here to Gainesville. It strikes me that they embraced the music video form as enthusiastically as say, Duran Duran did back in ‘82-’86, though in a less “pretty” way, but aren’t thought of as an “MTV band.” Through the later ’80s and ’90s, Petty — with the Heartbreakers, solo, and with collaborators – churned out and charted as many radio-friendly rock/pop hits as, say, Aerosmith, without succumbing to hackish self-parody. The Heartbreakers flirted with New Wave sneer, Byrds-y folk flights and the Lynyrd Skynrd-y Southern fried thing, but have generally avoided labeling as anything other than “American rock.”

Much of the credit for that goes to Petty himself, pegged for glory by the Powers That Be early on. Bogdanovich, employing a library of vintage clips and home movies large enough for a Ken Burns special, shows us the requisite early efforts with a string of early bands, each more badly named than the next (hello, Mudcrutch?) before Petty alone is offered the big contract. Once in the hands of the very corporate rock machine he (rightly) despises, his look quickly goes from college-town long-hair to Total Package Rock Star, with a perfect cascade of layered golden hair, skintight Levis and that Cheshire cat grin. There’s a lot of talk of “chasing women,” though no actual women appear in the film save his daughter and Stevie Nicks, who says she pleaded with Petty to let her join the band and was told, quite simply, that “there’s no girls in the Heartbreakers.” Still, seeing the archival footage of them working together during the recording of “Insider” and “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” which appeared on his Hard Promises and her Belladonna, respectively, it’s easy to imagine what could have happened if she’d hooked up with Petty instead of Lindsay Buckingham.

As the movie probes in some depth, Shelter Records’s desire to hold on to Petty’s work even after they were sold to MCA became a big legal mess that dragged through the courts and threatened the release of Torpedoes, which would become their breakthrough. The net result of Petty’s crusade to own his own work, and his later battle against the dreaded $9.98 LP price, means today’s musicians owe him for more than just a catalog of great songs to cover.

Usually, that much drama, combined with that many songs entrenched in the late-century rock canon, would be enough to fill a two-hour documentary, but wait! There’s two hours more, showing Petty’s unapologetic capability to be an utter dick and still bend people to his will through a combination of flat-out charm and a pretty reliable moral compass — at least where music is concerned. And from the departure of drummer Stan Lynch (fired by the road manager over the phone), to a profanely gorgeous smackdown of a record executive trying to foist a crappy song off on Roger McGuinn (Petty: It “perpetuates the depths of **** we’re in with pop music”) to swiping Del Shannon’s bassist, people seem unable to dislike him.

http://www.phawker.com/2007/11/14/cinema-i-was-an-american-girl/#comment-42399