Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

Name: Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Director: Taylor Hackford
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1987-10-09
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, Ingrid Berry, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray

Directed by Taylor Hackford

Documentary Music

19872h 0m7.2

Overview

St. Louis, 1986. For Chuck Berry's 60th, Keith Richards assembles a pickup band of Robert Cray, Joey Spampinato, Eric Clapton, himself and long-time Berry pianist, Johnnie Johnson. Joined on stage by Etta James, Linda Ronstadt and Julian Lennon, Berry performs his classic rock songs. His abilities as a composer, lyricist, singer, musician and entertainer are on display and, in behind-the-scenes interviews, are discussed by Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bruce Springstein, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and others. There's even a rarity for Berry—a rehearsal. Archival footage from the early 1950s and a duet with John Lennon round out this portrait of a master.