Shut Up & Sing
| Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing | |
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Shut Up and Sing Press Conference Upon Release of Documentary
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| Directed by |
Barbara Kopple Cecilia Peck |
| Produced by |
Barbara Kopple Cecilia Peck David Cassidy Claude Davies(co-producer) David Becker (associate producer) Kelly Brennan (associate producer) Craig Hymson (associate producer) Daniel Voll (consulting producer) |
| Starring |
Martie Maguire Natalie Maines Emily Robison Adrian Pasdar Rick Rubin George W. Bush (footage) Simon Renshaw Gareth Maguire |
| Music by | Dixie Chicks |
| Cinematography |
Tamara Goldsworthy Chris Burrill Joan Churchill Seth Gordon |
| Edited by | Bob Eisenhardt Aaron Kuhn Emma Morris Jean Tsien Michael Culyba (Co-Editor) |
| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
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Release date
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September 12, 2006 (TIFF) October 27, 2006 |
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Running time
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (also known simply as Shut Up and Sing) is a 2006 documentary film produced and directed by director Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck (daughter of actor Gregory Peck).
The film follows the Dixie Chicks, an all-woman Texas-based country music trio, over a three-year period of intense public scrutiny, fan backlash, physical threats, and pressure from both corporate and conservative political elements in the United States after lead singer Natalie Maines publicly criticized then President of the United States George W. Bush during a live 2003 concert in London as part of their Top of the World Tour.
The film opens during the Dixie Chicks' 2003 Top of the World Tour, discussing the Dixie Chicks' super-star status prior the incident at their London show. They had sold more albums in the United States than any other female band in history. With the release of their 2002 album Home, they were again at the top of the Billboard Charts. The new single from that album "Travelin' Soldier", a sensitive depiction of a soldier's life during the Vietnam War era, and the young woman who waited for him, finding he was killed in battle, had peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart.
The film then cuts to a scene from the Dixie Chicks' March 10, 2003 concert at the Shepherd's Bush Empire Theatre in London, England. The atmosphere in the European audience is of dramatic opposition to the announcement from United States President George W. Bush's authorization of the invasion of Iraq. Approximately 1 million people had recently demonstrated in London against the impending war. During the introduction to their song "Travelin' Soldier", Natalie Maines, a Texas native, says:
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