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Gimme Shelter (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray Disc)
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Starring: Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman
Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
Studio: Criterion Collection
Rating: R
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Running Time: 1 hr. 31 mins.
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SYNOPSIS:
SPECIAL FEATURES
· Breathtaking new high-definition transfer of the uncensored 30th Anniversary version, remastered and restored from the camera original
· Never-before-seen performances of the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1969, including "Little Queenie," "Oh Carol," and "Prodigal Son," plus backstage outtakes
· Audio commentary by directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, and collaborator Stanley Goldstein
· Excerpts from KSAN Radio's Altamont wrap-up, recorded December 7, 1969, with new introductions by then-DJ, Stefan Ponek
· Altamont stills gallery, featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower
· Original and rerelease theatrical trailers, plus trailers for Maysles Films' classics Grey Gardens and Salesman
· Filmographies for Maysles Films and Charlotte Zwerin
· Restoration demonstration
· English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
· Optimal image quality: RSDL dual layer edition
· PLUS: "The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and Gimme Shelter": A 44-page booklet with essays by Jagger's former assistant Georgia Bergman, music writers Michael Lydon and Stanley Booth, ex-Oakland Hell's Angels chapter head Sonny Barger, and film critics Amy Taubin and Godfrey Cheshire
The landmark documentary about the tragically ill-fated Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969. Only four months earlier, Woodstock defined the Love Generation; now it lay in ruins on a desolate racetrack six miles outside of San Francisco.

Before an estimated crowd of 300,000 people, the Stones headlined a free concert featuring Tina Turner, The Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers and others. Concerned about security, members of outlaw biker gang The Hell's Angels were asked to help maintain order. Instead, an atmosphere of fear and dread arose, leading ultimately to the stabbing death of a fan. What began as a flower-power love-in had degenerated into a near riot; frightened, confused faces wondering how the Love Generation could, in one swift, cold-blooded slash, became a generation of disillusionment and disappointment.

December 6, 1969: the day the Sixties died.