URGH! A Music War (film)
| URGH! A Music War | |
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 ads for the movie in NME - October 24, 1981 | |
| Directed by: | Derek Burbidge |
| Produced by: | Michael White |
| Starring: | The Police, XTC, ... |
| Music by: | various artists |
| Edited by: | Jim Elderton |
| Distributed by: | DISTRIBUTOR |
| Release date(s): | 1981-10-DD (UK)
1982-05-DD (USA) |
| Running time: | over two hours (UK cinema)
94 minutes (US cinema) 85 minutes (German VHS) 124 minutes (US home video) 116 minutes (DVD) |
| Country: | COUNTRY |
| Language(s): | English |
| IMDB_LINK IMDB link | |
Contents
Plot summary
This movie presents live performances from a lot of New Wave bands, including The Police's Driven To Tears, Roxanne and (parts of) So Lonely from 1980-08-28 in Fréjus, France.
Cast
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Production
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Release
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Video and DVD releases
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YYYY-MM-DD | Germany | VHS | English | none |
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1983-MM-DD | England, UK | Laserdisc | English | none |
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1983-MM-DD | England, UK | VHS | English | none |
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1984-05-21 | Japan | VHS (NTSC) | English | none |
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1984-MM-DD | USA | Video Disc (NTSC) | English | none |
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1985-MM-DD | USA | VHS (NTSC) | English | none |
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2009-MM-DD | USA | DVD (Region free / NTSC) | English | trailer |
Awards
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Nominations
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| YYYY | NOMINEE (Film, actor, score...) | AWARD (Oscar, People's Choice, etc.) | CATEGORY |
Soundtrack
See URGH! A Music War (soundtrack).
Quotations and trivia
There seem to be different versions of the movie. A review in NME (October 24, 1981) describes the movie as "over two hours" with "34 groups filmed live".
A review in "Musik Express" mentions that the version shown in Germany was edited down to 96 minutes.
IMDB lists that the US theatrical cut was much shorter than the UK version, while the US home video version had added material and might be identical to the UK theatrical cut.
See also
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External links & reviews
References
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