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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025193056825
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: July 04, 2006
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 36929
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Director/Producer Stephen Woolley s STONED is a dramatic attempt--researched for 10 years--to accurately portray the controversial events surrounding the death of Rolling Stones founding member and guitarist Brian Jones at age 27 on July 2nd 1969. To create his work Woolley synthesized the written memoirs and testimonials of the witnesses who were there. Beginning a few months before Jones's death the film focuses on a relationship he forged with Frank Thorogood (Paddy Constantine) a builder hired to fix up the rock star's home. Alone--save for his girlfriend Anna--and ostracized from his band-mates due to drug problems and legal tangles Jones draws Thorogood in as a part-time friend and part-time assistant. When Jones is summarily fired from the band--only weeks before his demise--Thorogood is also let go and becomes jealous and enraged. Deftly placed flashbacks throughout the film catalog Jones's ascent and--more gratuitously--his drug-filled self-destructive descent. Coupling these with the volatile relationship with Thorogood the film discreetly shows the complex causes of Jones s untimely death. To capture the spirit of the times Woolley fills his soundtrack with 1960s nuggets including excellent covers of Stones material by modern British acts like A Band of Bees and Little Barrie. He also shoots the flashbacks and recreated concert footage with a hand-held 16mm camera achieving a real-life documentary feel. In this film Brian Jones and his unfortunate end (strangely ruled 'death by misadventure' at the time) are cast further into the mythical and legendary status they have achieved--and deserved.System Requirements:Running Time 102 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 025193056825 Manufacturer No: 30568
Amazon.com:
Long since written off as 'death by misadventure,' the soggy demise of Rolling Stones founding member Brian Jones was in fact a considerably more sinister affair. At least that's what Stoned would have us believe. Director Stephen Woolley's 2005 film begins with the discovery of Jones' body at the bottom of his swimming pool in the summer of 1969, and while it jumps all over the place, chronologically speaking, it always comes back to the events leading up to that July night. As portrayed by Leo Gregory, the Jones we see in his final days is a drug- and drink-ridden wreck, utterly debauched, at once a misogynist who beats his girlfriend and a helpless child who can't bear to be alone; his contribution to the Stones now virtually nil, he barely notices when his bandmates show up to kick him out (the official line was that he quit). Enter Frank Thorogood (Paddy Considine), a local builder hired to fix up Jones' country manor (once owned by Winnie the Pooh creator A. A. Milne). Dour and dull, Frank is the perfect target for Jones' sardonic taunts ('You're fun to wind up,' says Brian), and the movie posits the theory, supposedly supported by Thorogood's deathbed confession, that it all became too much for this simple country lad to take. Whether any or all of this is true seems almost inconsequential; many viewers won't even remember who Brian Jones was, and many others won't care. This unrated version is filled with sex and nudity (we see a good deal more of Jones', uh, tool than his guitar), and Woolley's style is hip and kinetic, as if he were trying to capture the swirling excitement of '60s England. Stoned is a bit muddled, sometimes cliched and often rather ridiculous (Jones in heaven, discussing his legacy? Hey, whatever), and it contains not a note of actual Rolling Stones music. But in a lurid kind of way, it's undeniably entertaining. --Sam Graham
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Brian Jones ROCKS!
I quite frankly wasn't around when all this stuff happened, and got most of my information on swinging 60's England from Austin Powers and Absolutely Fabulous!
I DID know that I liked the Stones early work WAY better than the stuff from the '70's on up and now I know why!
BRIAN JONES!
It was clearly his influence which caused the early Stones to Roll!
I thought the leading man was adorable and brought a vulnerability and sweetness to the role.
I can clearly see why Anita ... Read More
Rating: - Definitely Worthwhile for Any Stones Fan
I just watched this movie last night, and I was captivated by the story and the excellent performances. Yes, it is unfortunate that there is not Stones' music in the film. That would have enhanced the energy. But, still, the intensity of the times is well portrayed here, and I'm going to buy this disc for my "Sixties Music" library of films.
I was 9 years old when Brian Jones died. We were on a family trip to Los Angeles, and I remember his drowning was HUGE news and universally perceived ... Read More
Rating:  - Not As Bad As They Said
Aside from missing a scene of Brian recording with the Stones and say, suddenly applying sitar or marimba to a track to display his multi-instrumental genius, "Stoned" pretty much sums up the turbulent times and short life of founding Rolling Stone Brian Jones.
Leo Gregory lacks Brian's beauty but captures the louche decadence that Jones indulged in in his relationships, which in turn sent him into his personal spiral. Monet Mazur has a suitably smashing body (Sweet Jesus Those Nipples!) ... Read More
Rating:  - I feel Stoned
Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, and the downward spiral all three can inspire.
Brian Jones was the ultimate rock tragedy, dying young, rich and ruined by his own success and the loss of his lover. But the late Rolling Stones founder deserved a better biopic than "Stoned," which focuses on every part of Jones' life that is NOT interesting or insightful.
The movie opens with two flashbacks -- Jones being confronted about a girl he got pregnant, and an early Stones show. Then it flips ahead ... Read More
Rating: - Stoned movie - A+
This movie is a must have for any Brian Jones fan. It is european, and I had to watch it a couple of times to understand every word, but it is amazing! Leo Gregory IS Brian!
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