Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll Movie Review 1987

Engaging, energetic portrait of one of rock's founding fathers, via interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and performance clips of Berry at 60. Songs featured: "Johnny B. Goode," "Roll Over Beethoven," "Maybelline," and more. Appearances by Eric Clapton, Etta James, John and Julian Lennon, Roy Orbison, Linda Ronstadt, Bo Diddley and Bruce Springsteen among others.

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Available on VHS
Running time 121 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary, Interviews, Behind the Scenes, Rock Stars on Film, African America, Rock Flicks

Cast

Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Robert Cray, Julian Lennon, Keith Richards, Linda Ronstadt, John Lennon, Roy Orbison, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bruce Springsteen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Director

Taylor Hackford

Producer

Mark Huffam