A skinny, arty guitarist with an appetite for destruction. A mic-twirling singer who liked a fight. A bearish, sardonic bassist. Chaos personified on drums. Four west London lads who somehow coalesced into The Who. Packed with electric live footage and expansive commentary from Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, this is a comprehensive portrait of one of rock's greatest and loudest bands, from post-World War II childhood through mod hits and rock operas, epic excesses and internal battles, the deaths of Keith Moon and John Entwistle, and the recent return to action of Daltrey and Townshend - sometime antagonists and fiercely loyal friends who, far from dying before they got old, have aged as gracefully as anyone in their generation.
About the Director
Murray Lerner is a musical documentarian and director, whose legendary subjects of his award-winning movies include Miles Davis, The Newport Folk Festival, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and The Who. A Harvard graduate, he has been a pioneer in multi-faceted filMurray Lerner is a musical documentarian and director, whose legendary subjects of his award-winning movies include Miles Davis, The Newport Folk Festival, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and The Who. A Harvard graduate, he has been a pioneer in multi-faceted filmmaking and an innovator behind the now standard use of computer animation in stereo for 3-D film. He won an Academy Award in 1981 for his film From Mao To Mozart: Isaac Stern In China. His work stands as a testament to his unerring ability to grasp the majesty of diverse types of music and transfer its magic to film. British former musician turned movie editor and director, Paul Crowder started his career as editor for Stacy Peralta's feature documentaries Dogtown and Z-Boys and Riding Giants. During 2004, Crowder directed and edited various commercials and TV-shows, until he made his directing debut with Once In A Lifetime, a film about the rise and fall of the legendary 1970's New York soccer team. In 2006 Crowder teamed up with Spitfire Pictures to co-direct and edit this definitive documentary about the The Who.
