Joe Cocker: mad dogs & Englishmen
(DVD)

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971.

Special features: Personal playlist [programmable by song title].

Director of photography, Dave Myers ; film editor, Sidney Levin, montage edited by Leonard South.

Joe Cocker [vocals], Leon Russell [guitar, piano], Chris Stainton [piano, organ]; The Band: Jim Price [trumpet], Bobby Keys [tenor saxophone], Jim Gordon [drums], Jim Keltner [drums], Carl Radle [bass guitar], Don Preston [guitar], Sandy Konikoff [percussion], Chuck Blackwell [drums, percussion], Bobby Torres [congas], Jim Horn [saxophone]; The Space Choir: Rita Coolidge, Claudia Lennear, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss, Pamela Poland, Don Preston, Matthew Moore, Dan Moore, Bobby Jones, Nicole Barclay; Denny Cordell, Barney Cordell, Tarka Cordell, Sherman "Smitty" Jones, Emily Smith; The Ladies: Connie DiNardo, Gail Stainton, Linda Wolf, Andrea Cohen, Carol Hughsby, Carla Brown, Kay Poorboy, Francine Brockey, Judy Keys, Sallay Clear, Darlene Coy.

"Mad Dogs and Englishmen" is a celebration of Joe Cocker's magical mystery tour of the United States in 1970. Faced with a booked tour and no band, a group of friends came to his aid, forming an entourage of 42 musicians, singers, wives, girl friends, children and dogs, who set out to create the world's first flying commune. The film follows Cocker and company through airports, bus terminals, motel pools, hotel kitchens, and a picnic, but the point of the film is the music, and the musical scenes offer some of the best filmed rock music since "Woodstock." Along with the behind-the-scenes aspect, director Pierre Adidge has an instinctive feel for the Cocker personality, onstage and off, and when the band finishes an exceptional take, the joy they feel is visible.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD; Region 0 (All), NTSC; Dolby Digital DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

In English with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, or Brazilian Portuguese.