Crossfire Hurricane at the London Film Festival
The Rolling Stones hit Leicester Square last night for the world premiere of Brett Morgen’s film Crossfire Hurricane, the highlight of this year’s London Film Festival.
The festival opened last week with Tim Burton’s animated tale Frankenweenie, and closes on October 21st with Mike Newell’s Great Expectations, starring Burton’s partner Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham.
Along the way, film lovers will be treated to a star studded array of films and premieres. Highlights include Ben Affleck’s spy thriller Argo, produced with George Clooney, Dustin Hoffman’s debut, Quartet, starring Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly and Michael Gambon, and the risqué Hyde Park on Hudson, starring Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Hollywood film producer Rebecca Wang, whose film Passion Play Bill Murray starred in, attended the Crossfire Hurricane premiere. She said: “Crossfire Hurricane is a stunning film that has definitely lived up to the hype.”
Celebrating 50 years as the world’s top rock band, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts still draw the crowds, and Crossfire Hurricane was broadcast simultaneously to cinemas across the UK, along with footage of the stars as they arrived at the premiere.
The film features unseen footage, commentary from the band and interviews from current and former Stones.
Director Brett Morgen, whose films include the Robert Evans documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture, said: “Crossfire Hurricane invites the audience to experience first-hand the Stones’ nearly mythical journey from outsiders to rock n’ roll royalty. It’s an aural and visual rollercoaster ride.”
In the picture above: The Rolling Stones attend the premiere of “Crossfire Hurricane” during the 56th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon Leicester Square on October 18th, 2012. Photo by Invision.
