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Stop Making Sense (1984)
Directed by Jonathan Demme
“Why stop making sense? Why a movie? Why a big suit? Where do the odd movements come from? What will the band do next?”
Documentary, Music · 1h 28m
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.
Cast
David Byrne
Self - Vocals, Guitar
Chris Frantz
Self - Drums, Vocals
Jerry Harrison
Self - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Tina Weymouth
Self - Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Ednah Holt
Self - Backing Vocals
Lynn Mabry
Self - Backing Vocals
S
Steven Scales
Self - Percussion
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Alex Weir
Self - Guitar, Vocals
Bernie Worrell
Self - Keyboards
Crew
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Writer
- Jonathan Demme
- Director of Photography
- Jordan Cronenweth
- Original Music Composer
- Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Bernie Worrell
- Editor
- Lisa Day
- Producer
- Gary Goetzman
Details
- Release date
- 1984-10-19
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, French
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Talking Heads Films, Arnold Stiefel Company
- Budget
- $1,200,000
- Box office
- $12,471,520