GT 10.07.2012 10:25 |
Freddie Mercury “The Great Pretender” “There's another unseen interview from 1985 filmed on set of 'I Was Born To Love You'. Very funny, Freddie tells us how Queen were in a lift when they found out they were no.1 with Bohemian Rhapsody, jumped for joy and the lift stopped. 'We thought we'd all suffocate in the damned lift.' Eagle Rock Entertainment are proud to announce the release on 24 September 2012 of the Freddie Mercury DVD and Blu-ray, “The Great Pretender” [Cat Nos EREDV949 and ERBRD5163 respectively]. Created by the same team behind last year’s widely acclaimed “Queen: Days of Our Lives” BBC documentary, “The Great Pretender” in similar vein presents a compelling insight into its subject matter, unearthing previously undiscovered or rarely seen footage and presented for the first time in Hi Definition. Produced and directed by Rhys Thomas, life-long Queen fan and expert (to the extent that Rhys famously broke the Mastermind all time record points score with a specialist subject of Queen), Rhys has this time turned his attention to the Freddie archive, going back as early as 1976 in search of vintage gems which reveal more than ever before the inside story of Freddie’s life and career and the solo projects he worked on outside of Queen. The extensive archive footage is drawn from rare interviews with Freddie, concerts, video shoots and personal material, much of it being seen for the first time, along with newly filmed contributions from fellow Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor, Queen manager Jim Beach, soprano Montserrat Caballé, composers David Arnold and Mike Moran, lyricist Tim Rice, comedian and lifelong fan Matt Lucas and many more. From it emerges a portrait of a man who was very different to his flamboyant onstage public persona. Among the treasures to be anticipated, “The Great Pretender” includes for the first time ever Freddie and Rod Stewart singing their demo for “Take Another Piece of My Heart”, an unreleased song from 1984, a snippet of the unreleased Michael Jackson / Freddie Mercury collaboration “There Must Be More To Life Than This”, and Freddie with the Royal Ballet 1979 – never seen in full before. Rhys, whose extensive scouting for lost material turned up a copy of the band’s first TV appearance among the belongings of late comedian Dick Emery, brings to the light Freddie’s earliest filmed interview from 1976 unearthed in Australia and another unseen interview from 1976 filmed by NBC in the USA. Rhys also found 10 cans of Freddie’s 39th Black and White birthday party in Mrs Henderson’s nightclub in Munich in 1985. Originally filmed for the video for “Living On My Own” and promptly banned by Freddie’s record company because of its cross-dressing theme, there’s much to be enjoyed in watching Freddie and his friends go full out in their efforts to help Freddie celebrate his last birthday before turning 40. On top of this, “The Great Pretender” has a feast of outtakes from the video shoots for “I Want To Break Free”, “One Vision”, “Days of Our Lives”, “I Want It All”, “A Kind Of Magic”, “Princes of the Universe”, “Living on My Own”, Born To Love You”, “Great Pretender”, “Made In Heaven”, and “Who Wants to Live Forever”. As bonus features [that will not make up part of the version to be broadcast by the BBC] the programme includes “Freddie Mercury Goes Solo” and an extended interview with Montserrat Caballé Coinciding with the release of “The Great Pretender” DVD will come the release of the new “Barcelona: Special Edition” album with Freddie and Montserrat’s original album re-recorded with full 80 piece orchestra [a feature on the making of this album is included on both formats] and a new book, also entitled “The Great Pretender” with matching artwork, in September. The Savoy Hotel hosts the second “Freddie For A Day” charity event on September 3 in aid of The Mercury Phoenix Trust – Fighting Aids Worldwide and there is a special premiere of “The Great Pretender” film at BAFTA on September 6. Freddie Mercury was one of the most charismatic, complex and fascinating characters in British rock music. A generous, caring, thoughtful man with a self-deprecating sense of humour and a genuine passion for music. Freddie Mercury touched the lives of millions through his career both with Queen and as a solo performer and this new programme is sure to delight and inform his legions of fans as never before. |
GT 10.07.2012 10:27 |
I personally can't wait for this - it's gonna be awesome. |
Vali 10.07.2012 10:41 |
Specially this: "Among the treasures to be anticipated, “The Great Pretender” includes for the first time ever Freddie and Rod Stewart singing their demo for “Take Another Piece of My Heart”, an unreleased song from 1984, a snippet of the unreleased Michael Jackson / Freddie Mercury collaboration “There Must Be More To Life Than This”, and Freddie with the Royal Ballet 1979 – never seen in full before." Thanks Gary ! |
rocknrolllover 10.07.2012 11:12 |
GT wrote: Freddie Mercury “The Great Pretender” “There's another unseen interview from 1985 filmed on set of 'I Was Born To Love You'. Very funny, Freddie tells us how Queen were in a lift when they found out they were no.1 with Bohemian Rhapsody, jumped for joy and the lift stopped. 'We thought we'd all suffocate in the damned lift.' Eagle Rock Entertainment are proud to announce the release on 24 September 2012 of the Freddie Mercury DVD and Blu-ray, “The Great Pretender” [Cat Nos EREDV949 and ERBRD5163 respectively]. Created by the same team behind last year’s widely acclaimed “Queen: Days of Our Lives” BBC documentary, “The Great Pretender” in similar vein presents a compelling insight into its subject matter, unearthing previously undiscovered or rarely seen footage and presented for the first time in Hi Definition. Produced and directed by Rhys Thomas, life-long Queen fan and expert (to the extent that Rhys famously broke the Mastermind all time record points score with a specialist subject of Queen), Rhys has this time turned his attention to the Freddie archive, going back as early as 1976 in search of vintage gems which reveal more than ever before the inside story of Freddie’s life and career and the solo projects he worked on outside of Queen. The extensive archive footage is drawn from rare interviews with Freddie, concerts, video shoots and personal material, much of it being seen for the first time, along with newly filmed contributions from fellow Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor, Queen manager Jim Beach, soprano Montserrat Caballé, composers David Arnold and Mike Moran, lyricist Tim Rice, comedian and lifelong fan Matt Lucas and many more. From it emerges a portrait of a man who was very different to his flamboyant onstage public persona. Among the treasures to be anticipated, “The Great Pretender” includes for the first time ever Freddie and Rod Stewart singing their demo for “Take Another Piece of My Heart”, an unreleased song from 1984, a snippet of the unreleased Michael Jackson / Freddie Mercury collaboration “There Must Be More To Life Than This”, and Freddie with the Royal Ballet 1979 – never seen in full before. Rhys, whose extensive scouting for lost material turned up a copy of the band’s first TV appearance among the belongings of late comedian Dick Emery, brings to the light Freddie’s earliest filmed interview from 1976 unearthed in Australia and another unseen interview from 1976 filmed by NBC in the USA. Rhys also found 10 cans of Freddie’s 39th Black and White birthday party in Mrs Henderson’s nightclub in Munich in 1985. Originally filmed for the video for “Living On My Own” and promptly banned by Freddie’s record company because of its cross-dressing theme, there’s much to be enjoyed in watching Freddie and his friends go full out in their efforts to help Freddie celebrate his last birthday before turning 40. On top of this, “The Great Pretender” has a feast of outtakes from the video shoots for “I Want To Break Free”, “One Vision”, “Days of Our Lives”, “I Want It All”, “A Kind Of Magic”, “Princes of the Universe”, “Living on My Own”, Born To Love You”, “Great Pretender”, “Made In Heaven”, and “Who Wants to Live Forever”. As bonus features [that will not make up part of the version to be broadcast by the BBC] the programme includes “Freddie Mercury Goes Solo” and an extended interview with Montserrat Caballé Coinciding with the release of “The Great Pretender” DVD will come the release of the new “Barcelona: Special Edition” album with Freddie and Montserrat’s original album re-recorded with full 80 piece orchestra [a feature on the making of this album is included on both formats] and a new book, also entitled “The Great Pretender” with matching artwork, in September. The Savoy Hotel hosts the second “Freddie For A Day” charity event on September 3 in aid of The Mercury Phoenix Trust – Fighting Aids Worldwide and there is a special premiere of “The Great Pretender” film at BAFTA on September 6. Freddie Mercury was one of the most charismatic, complex and fascinating characters in British rock music. A generous, caring, thoughtful man with a self-deprecating sense of humour and a genuine passion for music. Freddie Mercury touched the lives of millions through his career both with Queen and as a solo performer and this new programme is sure to delight and inform his legions of fans as never before.Thank you for information, really. It's intresting to listen to demo track Take Another Piece of My Heart. Do you know in documentary we will listen to demo from start to the end or as always a lot of piece? |
Fastidious and Precise 10.07.2012 11:31 |
noting the blu-ry release date, I'm assuming this will be broadcast on the BBC prior to this date. Maybe I'm wrong. But if this is the case any word of when it will air on the BBC?? |
e-man 10.07.2012 12:44 |
finally some great news in between all the american idol things.... day 1 for me. can't wait |
people on streets 10.07.2012 13:52 |
Great! Looking forward to download it (still legal in my country)! |
Erik Viking 10.07.2012 15:24 |
As for me it's sold! (again Mr Rhys Thomas!) |
Wiley 10.07.2012 17:32 |
"Among the treasures to be anticipated, “The Great Pretender” includes for the first time ever Freddie and Rod Stewart singing their demo for “Take Another Piece of My Heart”, an unreleased song from 1984" WHAAAAAAT????!!! Don't know about you guys, but to me this is one of the most exciting pieces of news in the last few years (after the Q+PR tour announcement in December 2004). Ok, ok, I may be overreacting but I was excited to read this. |
LordOfAllDarkness 10.07.2012 17:35 |
We want 'Adam Lambert: the untold story' DVD |
dowens 10.07.2012 19:12 |
Sorry if I missed this, will the Blu-Ray have extra stuff on it that the regular DVD will not have. |
Missreclusive 10.07.2012 19:54 |
Where to get this in the US when released? |
Missreclusive 10.07.2012 19:54 |
double post |
madmetaltom 11.07.2012 05:36 |
ThIS LOOKS AMAZING! out takes on “Days of Our Lives “I Want To Break |
tomchristie22 11.07.2012 06:58 |
This didn't excite me hugely.. Before I read what it includes.. *drool* |
emrabt 11.07.2012 11:20 |
Brilliant, this will be the first time i have got my hopes up over anything queen related. I was impressed with "these are the days of our lives", so hopefully this won't disappoint. |
Queenman!! 11.07.2012 14:24 |
Inpressive. Thanks for the info Gary |
Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 11.07.2012 23:51 |
Great news, thanks!!! Cheers, Ogre- |
Wijnand 12.07.2012 04:43 |
Very interesting! And good question, will the dvd have the same content as the Blu-Ray? In this respect, does anybody where to buy the Japanse TDOOL dvd-version? |
Dane 12.07.2012 05:43 |
Great stuff! Only thing is that I wish they'd used another picture for the cover than (again) Freddie with a moustache.. He only had it for about 5 years of his life and the general public associates this with two things; The (shamefull) Eighties and Homosexuality. Not something to advertise from a promotional point of view... Freddie was so much more than that. |
tomchristie22 14.07.2012 09:13 |
Dane wrote: Only thing is that I wish they'd used another picture for the cover than (again) Freddie with a moustache.. He only had it for about 5 years of his life and the general public associates this with two things; The (shamefull) Eighties and Homosexuality. Not something to advertise from a promotional point of view... Freddie was so much more than that.I completely agree. I don't have any problem in particular with his appearance from that era, but I really wish it wasn't just what he's automatically represented as. It's pretty rare that any promotional material with him on it isn't him from the 80's. So yeah, I'm probably more bothered by the fact that they seem to represent his entire life and being with a (comparatively lacking, music wise) fairly brief period. But yeah, I guess it's the iconic version of him. His more subtle 70's persona definitely needs to be acknowledged through official releases sometime soon.. |
Fastidious and Precise 17.08.2012 10:29 |
I wonder if or when we're gonna get a teaser trailer? |
AlexRocks 17.08.2012 11:20 |
That's because then you have all of the people who that it is gay to have long hair and they certainly looked weird as fuck in their first decade as Queen which I love. Especially since they became more normal looking and not as rail thin overtime...and more conservative looking. That should not be too read into by the way. It is just there seems to be more divirsity there with the imagery. |
qz08927 17.08.2012 20:15 |
Freddie had a more unusual and alien look than David Bowie in his Bo-rap costume days, in my opinion. I often wonder why people in the pop cultural world have never pointed out how really other worldly he actually looked in those times, they often talk about look in rock and fashion but totally miss out on that very striking and unique look Freddie had. |
dysan 19.08.2012 01:56 |
Oh come on - he looked like every other long haired rock singer! the difference being he could sing and was a great star. Bowie looked far more other worldly, but that was 3 years previously - a life time in the early-mid 70s. Also, I always see the name of Rhys around and never paid it much attention as I just thought him another chancer who had lucked into a job at QP due to B&R being lazy - his CV? Being on Mastermind with a score that I beat at home. But this week it clicked - he was the funny one in Nathan Barley. So he's ok by me now and I shall reassess his output for Queen. I like him. |
dysan 19.08.2012 01:58 |
P.S. just read the press release again - why the fuck interview Matt Lucas? Seriously? Why not drop Peter Straker a line and get some funny tales off him? |
rocknrolllover 19.08.2012 02:18 |
When we will ce Documentary on TV? |
Hangman_96 19.08.2012 14:02 |
I've been having the same question in my mind lately. Seriously, when? |
footstomper 19.08.2012 17:13 |
GT wrote: Freddie Mercury “The Great Pretender” Rhys, whose extensive scouting for lost material turned up a copy of the band’s first TV appearance among the belongings of late comedian Dick Emery, brings to the light Freddie’s earliest filmed interview from 1976 unearthed in Australia and another unseen interview from 1976 filmed by NBC in the USA.'Killer Queen' from Top Of The Pops (7th Nov 1974) was found in Dick Emery's collection. That wasn't Queen's first TV appearance. Or was another rare Queen performance found in the same collection as the Top Of The Pops one? |
Mkls 20.08.2012 03:37 |
footstomper wrote: 'Killer Queen' from Top Of The Pops (7th Nov 1974) was found in Dick Emery's collection. That wasn't Queen's first TV appearance. Or was another rare Queen performance found in the same collection as the Top Of The Pops one?so you asking for more accurancy from these guys ... haha. Seven Seas of Rhye or Killer Queen does it matter, not really . Freddies earliest known interview is now the beacon theatre tv news, that is early 76 (correct me if i am wrong here). The unearthed Australian interview is actually from 1977, as news of the world album was not released in 1976. The "never seen " FM interview shot during the IWBTLY video, was partly shown on MTV Japan and MTV US at that time. "Experts"... yes of course. |
Mkls 20.08.2012 03:38 |
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cmsdrums 20.08.2012 05:38 |
Did Freddie not give any interviews on the 75 Japanese tour? |
Hangman_96 21.08.2012 12:24 |
P-Tr extinction event wrote: The unearthed Australian interview is actually from 1977, as news of the world album was not released in 1976.Which interview are you talking about? Queen didn't visit Australia in 1977. |
Holly2003 21.08.2012 12:29 |
Lostman wrote:They were on holiday. Brian was a big game hunter in those days and his collection of stuffed kangaroo and wallaby heads has to be seen to be believed.P-Tr extinction event wrote: The unearthed Australian interview is actually from 1977, as news of the world album was not released in 1976.Which interview are you talking about? Queen didn't visit Australia in 1977. |