Pearl Jam Twenty
Directed byCameron Crowe
Written byCameron Crowe
Produced byMichele Anthony
Cameron Crowe
Morgan Neville
CinematographyNicola B. Marsh
Release dates
  • September 10, 2011 (2011-09-10) (TIFF)
  • September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20) (US)
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Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Pearl Jam Twenty (also known as PJ20) is a 2011 American documentary directed by Cameron Crowe about the band Pearl Jam. Preliminary footage was being shot as of June 2010.[2] Crowe completed filming in April 2011, after using 12,000 hours of footage of the band for the documentary.[3] The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and also had an accompanying book and soundtrack.[4]

The documentary charts the history of the band, from the demise of Mother Love Bone, their battle against Ticketmaster and the tragedy of the Roskilde Festival in 2000.[5][6]

The film was presented theatrically at select cinemas in the US during the month of September 2011, and premiered on October 21, 2011, on PBS' American Masters. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 24, 2011. A book, written by Jonathan Cohen, was published concurrent to the film's release.[7]

Cast

Q&A session after the second screening of Pearl Jam Twenty at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival with the band's frontman Eddie Vedder (far right)

Soundtrack

Main article: Pearl Jam Twenty (soundtrack)

The film soundtrack includes live recordings from 1990 through 2010.

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Music DVDs Chart[9] 1
Austrian Music DVDs Chart[10] 4
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart[11] 3
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart[12] 4
Danish Music DVDs Chart[13] 3
Dutch Music DVDs Chart[14] 2
Finnish Music DVDs Chart[15] 2
Hungarian DVDs Chart[16] 6
Irish Music DVDs Chart[17] 1
Norwegian Music DVDs Chart[18] 1
Portuguese Music DVDs Chart[19] 2
Spanish Music DVDs Chart[20] 2
Swedish Music DVDs Chart[21] 1
Swiss Music DVDs Chart[22] 4
UK Music Videos Chart[23] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[24] Platinum 15,000^
Portugal (AFP)[25] Gold 4,000^
United States (RIAA)[26] Platinum 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Pearl Jam Twenty Kicks Off With World Premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival". Pearl Jam. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
  2. ^ Two Feet Thick article[usurped]
  3. ^ "Cameron Crowe on 'Pearl Jam Twenty': 'We Went About as Personal as We Could Get'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  4. ^ "Pearl Jam Twenty," Pearl Jam official website. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  5. ^ Webster, Andy (September 22, 2011). "A Sound Reverberating Far Beyond Seattle". NY Times. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  6. ^ Barnes, Henry (September 15, 2011). "Pearl Jam Twenty – review". The Guardian. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  7. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (September 8, 2011). "Exclusive Excerpt from PJ 20". September 8, 2011. Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  8. ^ "2011 Films: Pearl Jam Twenty". tiff.net. Archived from the original on September 12, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
  9. ^ "ARIA Top 40 Music DVD" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1131): 22. October 31, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  10. ^ "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 04.11.2011". Austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  11. ^ "Ultratop 10 Muziek-DVD". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  12. ^ "Ultratop 10 DVD Musicaux". Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  13. ^ "Musik DVD Top-10". Hitlisten.nu (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  14. ^ "DVD Music Top 30". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  15. ^ "Suomen Virallinen Lista – Musiikki DVD:t 44/2011". Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  16. ^ "Archívum: Kereső – Előadó/cím Szerint". Mahasz (in Hungarian). Light Media. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  17. ^ "Irish Charts – Singles, Albums & Compilations". IRMA. Fireball Media. Archived from the original on November 4, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  18. ^ "DVD Audio Uke 45, 2011". VG-lista (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  19. ^ "Top Oficial AFP". Artistas & Espectáculos (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on November 21, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  20. ^ "Top 20 DVD Musical" (PDF). PROMUSICAE (in Spanish). Media Control GfK International. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  21. ^ "Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2013. Search for Pearl Jam and click Sök.
  22. ^ "Swiss Charts – Music DVD Top 10 06.11.2011". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  23. ^ "2011-11-05 Top 40 Music Video Archive | Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  24. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  25. ^ "Top Oficial AFP". Artistas & Espectáculos (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on January 2, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  26. ^ "American video certifications – Pearl Jam – Twenty". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 3, 2013.

External links

Cameron Crowe filmography
Pearl Jam
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