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Director:
Writer:
Jean-Luc Godard (writer)
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Release Date:
22 April 1969 (USA) more
Plot:
Godard's documentation of late 1960's western counter-culture, examining the Black Panthers, referring to works by LeRoi Jones and Eldridge Cleaver... more | add synopsis
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Great rock and sweeping political view more (29 total)

Cast

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Sean Lynch ... Commentary (voice)

Mick Jagger ... Himself - The Rolling Stones
Brian Jones ... Himself - The Rolling Stones
Keith Richards ... Himself - The Rolling Stones (as Keith Richard)
Charlie Watts ... Himself - The Rolling Stones
Bill Wyman ... Himself - The Rolling Stones
Anne Wiazemsky ... Eve Democracy
Iain Quarrier ... Fascist porno book seller
Frankie Dymon ... Black power militant (as Frankie Dymon Jnr.)
Danny Daniels ... Black power militant
Illario Pedro
Roy Stewart ... Black power militant
Linbert Spencer
Tommy Ansah (as Tommy Ansar)
Michael McKay
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
One Plus One (UK) (director's cut)
Eins plus eins (West Germany) [de]
One + One (France) [fr]
One Plus One (Argentina) [es]
Sympathy for the Devil (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
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Runtime:
100 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:15 (re-rating) (1997) | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:MA | Argentina:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1997) (uncut) | UK:X (original rating) (cut)
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Fun Stuff

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Director Cameo: [Jean-Luc Godard]Bringing drinks and cigarettes to The Rolling Stones near the end of the film. more
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Referenced in Godard in America (1970) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
Great rock and sweeping political view, 7 January 2001
9/10
Author: Mikael Halila (mikael.halila@pp.inet.fi) from Espoo, Finland

Jean-Luc Godard has managed to combine a sweeping overview of U.S. political extremes with footage of the Rolling Stones to create a wonderful effect. Godard illustrates different extremes of the U.S. political continuum and intersperses them with the Rolling Stones recording my personal favourite, Sympathy for the Devil.

Once again, it would be a terrible mistake to take Godard at face value. The central thread of this movie, as well as that of many others, is satire. Who can take the gun-distributing black power militants seriously, or Eve Democracy for that matter? Godard's satire is as biting as ever.

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