I came across an article and picture gallery on the NME website capturing the key moments of the Rolling Stones drug bust of 1967.
.You can't always get what you want.
Around 5:30pm on February 12th, 1967, around 20 police descended on Keith Richards‘ Sussex home, “Redlands”. Of The Rolling Stones, both Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were there at the time of the bust (Brian Jones was supposed to be there too but, according to Keith Richards, he and his girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg, were fighting when they left for Redlands, so they just left them behind in London) Several others had come down for the weekend including The Beatles‘ guitar player George Harrison and his then girlfriend, Patti Boyd, although they had left prior to the raid.
On the anniversary of their 1967 drug bust, we take a look the photos from that fateful night at Keith Richards' West Sussex mansion. While the other party goers preferred a van ride from the beach back to Redlands, Keith decided to retreat on foot. Evidently, the gravel outside Rose Cottage on the B1279 was much to his liking.
Just hours before the raid on Redlands on February 12, 1967, Keith is pictured by Michael Cooper larking around outside his West Wittering cottage
En route to Chichester Magistrates Court on May 10, Mick and Keith appear vaguely unconcerned with what lay ahead for them.
Leaving Chichester, England court, May 10, 1967 after electing to be tied by jury on drug possession charges
Mick and Keith leave Chichester Magistrates Court after pleading not guilty to charges emanating from the Redlands’ raid, May 10.
Judge Leslie Kenneth Allen Block, Chairman of the bench at Chichester Court. Stern, intransigent and unforgiving, Block clearly revelled in the opportunity to put Mick and Keith behind bars.
Found guilty and handcuffed to a warder, Mick is driven from Chichester Court to Lewes Prison to be held until sentencing was decided, June 27, 1967.
Just hours after the details of the raid have been read out in court, Marianne Faithfull is photographed at Redlands carrying an early edition of the London Evening News – its headline forever connecting her with the scandal.
The jailing of Mick and Keith brought an extraordinary amount of support from their peers. In an act of solidarity, The Who rush-released a single containing two Jagger/Richards songs: ‘The Last Time’ and ‘Under My Thumb’
A few hours after Mick’s prison sentence was reduced to a conditional discharge, he was flown from Battersea Airport to Spain’s Hall in Essex to appear on a World In Action TV special. With him are Marianne Faithfull and Granada researcher John (now Lord) Birt.
Butterfly On A Wheel: The Great Rolling Stones Drugs Bust by Simon Wells is published by Omnibus Press. Available now in paperback and eBook format www.omnibuspress.com
Although starting his career as an actor, Mark Anthony 'Baz' Lurhmann found that his talents as a writer, director and producer behind the scenes flourished.
Luhrmann grew up in rural Australia and it was at his father's movie theatre that he first became captivated by the world of movies and the power of story telling. His most notable works are “The Red Curtain” trilogy (Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo and Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! (2001)). These all fall under a specific type of film making in which Lurhmann actively promoted audience participation.
Baz Lurhmann
In late 2004, he directed the world's most expensive advertisement for Chanel No 5, a 4-minute short film titled "No 5: The Film" starring Nicole Kidman (who he worked with for Moulin Rouge! (2001)) and Rodrigo Santoro. Varying length versions of the film ad were shown on television, and - a first for Chanel - in movie theaters. Costumes were designed by Karl Lagerfeld and a score by Claude Debussy.
"Everbody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)"
On the 1st of June 1997 Mary Schmich wrote the essay “Advice like youth, probably just wasted on the young” published in the Chicago Tribune. In her introduction she described in as the ‘commencement speech’ if ever she was asked to give one.
The whole essay was used by Lurhmann on his album Something for everybody released in 1998 as “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)”. The song was Lurhmann’s remixed version of the song Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) by Rozalla. Released as a single later, with the opening words added “Ladies and Gentlemen of the Class of ‘99”. Vocals were performed by Australian voice actor, Lee Perry.
They emailed her and, with her permission, recorded the song the next day.
The song was a worldwide hit, reaching number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and number one in the United Kingdom and Ireland
It is played during the end credits in John Swanbeck's film The Big Kahuna, starring Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito and Peter Facinelli.
The Big Kahuna (1999)
On August 10, 2008, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 72.
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman; Moulin Rouge Promo. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue December 2000
Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor as Satine and Christian
Romeo and Juliet (1996)
The Montagues (Romeo, Benvolio, Abram, and Balthasar) and Mercutio (friend of Romeo's)
Juliet's Tomb
Film still with Leonardo DiCaprio (Romeo), Baz Lurhmann (director) and Claire Danes (Juliet)
Pete Postlethwaite as Father Laurence
Australia (2008)
Edouard Manet (1832-83) 'Boating' (1874)
The Great Gatsby (2012)
Lurhman's adaptation of the novel is set to debut Christmas 2012.
"In it Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jay Gatsby, Carey Mulligan is Daisy Buchanan and Tobey Maguire is the narrator, Nick Carraway.
In 3-D." (New York Times)
Mr. Luhrmann’s experiment will have to overcome the ambivalence of viewers who have yet to fully embrace 3-D technology, especially in North America. The success of “Avatar” notwithstanding, 3-D has faltered somewhat in high-profile efforts and studios have had to work hard to convince consumers that there is a real reason for it beyond Hollywood’s desire to charge higher price.
Leonardo DiCaprio, left, with Baz Luhrmann on the set of “The Great Gatsby,” due out in December.
In response to this Lurhmann explains that “Everyone has strong, and generally opposing, opinions, when you mention 3-D, or ‘The Great Gatsby,’ or Baz Luhrmann,” he said.
A new documentary Under African Skies makes its debut at the Sundance Film Festival today. It tells the story of the making and lasting influence of Paul Simon’s album Graceland.
Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/01/20/under-african-skies-trailer/ Click here to watch the exclusive trailer.
Family Portrait (from left to right) David Bowie, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Yoko Ono, John Lennon
The director Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills) collaborates with Paul Simon to take him on an adventure back to South Africa – which formally ended apartheid in 1994 - 25 years after Graceland’s release - covering where he recorded the album with local musicians, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and the political and musical implications of his initial journey.
His artistic decision to collaborate with African musicians created a new world musical fusion, combining American and African musical idioms while igniting an intense political crossfire, with Paul Simon accused of breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime.
Anti-Apartheid movement South Africa
Under African Skies features some key anti-apartheid activists and musical legends such as Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and Oprah Winfrey.
"Prior to 'Graceland', the music of South Africa was largely unknown outside the country, except to a small minority of world music fans…" – Peter Gabriel
“In many ways, ‘Graceland’ was the most extraordinary experience in my entire career,” said Simon in a statement released by Sony Music. “The insight into rhythm was the great gift that I received from making the trip to South Africa and collaborating with African musicians.”
The opportunity presented a marriage of two subject matters Berlinger said he felt strongly about: social justice and music.
Tallest Man on Earth (cover of Paul Simon) - Graceland
The universal appeal of the music of Graceland proved more powerful and enduring than the political hotbed attending its creation. In 1986, the album sold 14 million copies worldwide, and received universal praise from critics around the globe. Simon and the members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo performed on Saturday Night Live and appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
Born in Milan, trained in LA and working in New York. Francesco Carrozini is a 27-year-old Italian photographer and a film director. Although the majority of his well known work is in high fashion photography, he is well recognized in both film and portrait photography.
FRANCESCO CARROZZINI
“I’m more interested in photographing people who have done something, like writers or directors—even billionaires—as long as I can study them before I photograph them.”
Keith Richards (Francesco Carrozzini)
Keith Richards (Francesco Carrozzini)
Keith Richards (Francesco Carrozzini)
When asked to publish a few still from an art film he made with Linda Evangelista, he started to work for magazine finding portraiture his main interest. Some of his portraiture work has been in publications such as Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, New York Times, The New Yorker and Italian Vogue.
Forest Whitaker (Francesco Carrozzini)
Morgan Freeman (Francesco Carrozzini)
Heidi Klum (Francesco Carrozzini)
He also pioneered "The screen tests" for the New York Times, a collection of interviews featuring today's most influential people.
“To me, the main and most exciting thing about photography is to meet people,” Carrozzini says of his process. “The picture is the result of what happened between me and them on the set.”
Probably the most notable screen tests carried out by an artist are those of Andy Warhol. Made at ‘the factory’ from 1964-66. Although now seen as screen tests, they were originally made as a short film portraits, done rather on film than on canvas.
The video entitled '13 most beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's screen test' are short clips from the first ever authorized DVD of Andy Warhol's films. Released in conjunction with The Andy Warhol Museum, 13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests features 13 of Warhol's classic silent film portraits. Subjects inlcude Nico, Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick and Dennis Hopper. Shot between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City, the Screen Tests are presented with newly commissioned soundtracks by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips. Wareham being closely associated with Andy Warhol's prodigies, The Velvet Underground.
