Sample This
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 23 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: December 10, 2013
- Originally Released: 2012
- Label: Kino Lorber
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Featured: | Freda Payne, Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, Jerry Butler, Ahmir Thompson, King Errisson, Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier & Afrika Bambaataa | |
| Directed by | Dan Forrer | |
| Narrated by | Gene Simmons | |
| Screenwriting by | Dan Forrer | |
| Composition by | Perry Botkin | |
| Director of Photography: | Philip Hurn |
Entertainment Reviews:
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The film is nearly as fun as the song.
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Cinemalogue
Rating: 3/4 --
The movie provides a vivid sense of the period, as well as an intriguing backstage look at the making of improbable pop classics.
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Washington Post
Sample This contains a wealth of revelations about music and musicians with which most people are intimately familiar yet know little about.
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Toronto Star
Rating: 3.5/4 --
While a 90-minute movie about a song might seem ripe for thinness, Sample This is never dull. Tightly paced and packed with unbelievable twists and turns, it's a truly fun experience.
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Film Racket
Rating: 3.5/5 --
With their love of their craft and their respect for other talents, these bighearted musicians make for a warmly gratifying film to watch.
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New York Times
3 stars out of 4 -- [T]he movie provides a vivid sense of the period, as well as an intriguing backstage look at the making of improbable pop classics.
Washington Post
We've all danced at some time another to the rhythmic "Apache," even if we didn't know it, and this highly enjoyable doc reveals the incredibly colorful and variegated tale behind it.
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Film Journal International
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Product Info
- UPC: 738329121921
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