This hybrid docu-concert film explores the origins of the iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all...
This hybrid docu-concert film explores the origins of the iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. Powered by psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in Led Zeppelin’s own words and is the first officially sanctioned film on the group.
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95 %968 reviewsAudience score rating
"MacMahon assumes we know a lot about Led Zeppelin."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"An eye-opening delight."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Full of essential stuff, but on some level it feels like a Led Zeppelin infomercial."
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Variety
Variety"Stopping the story in 1969 ignores the band’s more colourful years."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Avoids any suggestion of controversy or scandal."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"The only kind of documentary you can make about Zep and its music: an authorised one."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.comBecoming Led Zeppelin | Details
- Rating
- 12A, brief moderate violence, drug references
- Runtime
- 121
- Genre
- Documentary, Live Performance, Music
- Country of origin
- UK
