Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
In 1971, four college students got together to form a rock band. Since then, that certain band called Queen have released 26 albums and sold over 300 million records worldwide. The popularity of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon is stronger than ever 40 years on. But it was no bed of roses. No pleasure cruise. Queen had their share of kicks in the face, but they came through and this is how they did it, set against the backdrop of brilliant music and stunning live performances from every corner of the globe. In this film, for the first time, it is the band that tells their story. Featuring brand new interviews with the band and unseen archive footage (including their recently unearthed, first ever TV performance), it is a compelling story told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humor and painful honesty.
- rock 'n' roll
- rock star
- 1970s
- tribute
- male homosexuality
- rock band
- archive footage
- music history
- found footage
- rock singer
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Roy Thomas Baker — Self
- Jim Beach — Self
- Paul Gambaccini — Self
- Peter Hince — Self
- Rosie Horide — Self
- Harvey Kubernik — Self
- Reinhold Mack — Self
- John Reid — Self
- David Richards — Self
- Chris Smith — Self
- Felix Taylor — Self (archive footage)
- Directed
- Matt O'Casey
Production
- Rating
- 8.1 / 10 · 201 ratings
- Studio
- BBC
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
