2011 film by Cameron Crowe
Pearl Jam Twenty Directed by Cameron Crowe Written by Cameron Crowe Produced by Michele Anthony Cameron Crowe Morgan Neville Cinematography Nicola B. Marsh Release dates
September 10, 2011 (2011-9-10 ) (TIFF ) September 20, 2011 (2011-9-20 ) (US) [ 1] Running time
120 minutes Country United States Language English
Pearl Jam Twenty (also known asPJ20 ) is a 2011 Americandocumentary directed byCameron Crowe about the bandPearl 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 the2011 Toronto International Film Festival and also had an accompanying book and soundtrack.[ 4]
The documentary charts the history of the band, from the demise ofMother Love Bone , their battle againstTicketmaster and the tragedy of theRoskilde 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, onPBS 'American Masters . It was released onDVD andBlu-ray on October 24, 2011. A book, written byJonathan Cohen , was published concurrent to the film's release.[ 7]
Q&A session after the second screening ofPearl Jam Twenty at the2011 Toronto International Film Festival with the band's frontmanEddie Vedder (far right) The film soundtrack includes live recordings from 1990 through 2010.
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
Region Certification Certified units /salesAustralia (ARIA )[ 24] Platinum 15,000^ Portugal (AFP )[ 25] Gold 4,000^ United States (RIAA )[ 26] Platinum 100,000^ ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
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