2012-08-07 Marley 2012 Blu Ray Region A - Magnolia Home Entertainment

Title :Marley
Label : Magnolia Home Entertainment
Date : 2012-08-07
Audio : English
Subtitles : English, Spanish
Video Format : 16:9 , 1080 P
Audio Format : DTS HD Master AUdio , Dolby Digital 5.1
Region : A ( USA, Canada)
Lenght : 145 mn
Catalogue Number : 10476


The Marley movie directed by Kevin Mac Donald.

The one used there being the american version, released in August 2012 (2012-08-07)

This documentary come a long way, its about time someone finally takes up the challenge to tell the real Robert Nesta Marley story.

You'll be discovering inside this movie , testimony from :

Seeco Patterson , Neville Garrick , Bunny Wailer, Cindy Breakspeare, Lee Scratch Perry, Donald Kinsey, Junior Marvin to name a fews.

The documentary including various private archives audio and video footages such as :

- Alvin Seeco Patterson
- Aston Family Man Barrett
- Constance And Peter Marley
- Cedella Marley Booker
- No Woman No Cry Gospel Take
- Gil Noble like its interview September 1980
- Esther Anderson 1973 document
- Bunny Wailer input
- Lee Scratch Perry input
- Clive Chin input
- Jimmy Cliff input
- Dylan Twaite Interview 1979
- Rita Marley input
- Marcia Griffiths input
- Judy Mowatt input
- Neville Garrick input
- Alan Skill Cole input
- Lee Jaffe input
- Carlton Santa Davis input
- Donald Kinsey input
- Old Grey Whistle Test footage 1973
- Sundown Edmonton London Footage 1973
- Chris Blackwell input
- Capitol Records footage 1973
- Wonder Dream concert with Stevie Wonder short footage 1975
- David Ziggy Marley input
- Cedela Marley input
- Cindy Breakspear input
- Top Of The Pops Footage
- Smile Jamaica 1976 sequence
- One Love Peace Concert 1978 sequence
- Interview at Hope Road 1979 sequence
- Come A Long Way archive sequence
- Santa Barbara 1979 sequence
- Wailers private archives babylon on bus
- Pascaline Bongo Ondimba input
- Zimbabwe Independence footage
- Uprising Rehearsal footage
- Dortmund 1980-06-13 concert footage
- Stanley Theater 1980-09-23 photos
- Nesta birthday and 1980 Bavaria photos
- Waltraud Ulrich input
- 1981 funeral footages


About photos being used on the movie, they belongs to :

- Adrian Boot
- Dan Asher
- Neville Garrick
- Lynn Goldsmith
- Arthur Gorson
- Dennis Morris
- Lee Jaffe
- Glen Laferman
- Peter Murphy
- Johnnie Black
- David Burnett
- Yvette Crichton Archive
- Lindsay Donald
- Kim Gottlieb Walker

Videos sequences archives coming from :

- Roger Steffens Reggae Archives
- Glen Lockley
- Jack Low
- Jeremy Collingwood
- Hideki Nagakawa



I wont spoil your viewing pleasure much but the Lee Scratch Perry part is heart touching, as well as the Bunny Wailer interview.

From the early years, to the glorious Uprising Tour, a lots of details are being given.
There's a part where Kevin MacDonald is presenting Robert Nesta Marley work to his family

They are listening with headphones, the same is on bonus of this blu ray about a private session song 'im loose '
both are very interesting to take a look at.

About footages , the Wonder Dream concert come to mind, despite being too short.

Its not everytime that we are priviledged to see such movie, documentary, so despite the flaws we should enjoy it to the max :)



The Blu Ray Contents :

Main Movie 2h25.

The Main Movie is cut into chapters like this :

01 - Door Of No Return
02 - Trench Town
03 - The Wailers
04 - Rastafari
05 - Reggae
06 - Cornerstone
07 - Catch A Fire
08 - Lyceum
09 - We Were On A Mission
10 - Marley Shot
11 - Exodus
12 - One Love
13 - World Tour
14 - America
15 - Farewell
16 - End Credits

Bonus :

- Commentary with director Kevin Macdonald and David Ziggy Marley
- Around The World, duration : 18:35 mn
- Extended interview with Bunny Wailer, duration : 19:02 mn
- Children's Memories, duration : 10:02 mn
- Additional interviews with David Ziggy Marley 2012 : SiriusXM Radio , duration 2:02 mn
- Listening to Im Loose, duration : 3:47 mn
- Photo Gallery including severals photos
- Theatrical Trailer
- BD Live Content wich needs a player connected to Internet


Additionnal Infos And Comments :


- Thanks To Michael Watson

- Just the bonus part of this releases is worth the price

- Amazing picture and sound quality , that should be noted

- Omissions like Peace Medal 1978 , Nesta's early years in the ghetto, Omeriah Malcolm , Nesta in Sweden but the perfect movie simply do not exist, this one being a good step in the right direction

- Terror released on 7"s as bob martin on Beverley's was offered by an anonymous collector
but not used for the main documentary, in fear of his effect

- There's no liner notes, quite sad