document_title: Rattle and Hum

question_text: what beatles song did u2 cover on rattle and hum

text: Rattle and Hum

text: History[edit]

text:
"I was very keen on the idea of going wide at a time like that, just seeing how big this thing could get. I had always admired Colonel Parker and Brian Epstein for realising that music could capture the imagination of the whole world."

—U2 manager Paul McGuinness, explaining his original motivation to make a movie.[4]

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text: While in Hartford during the 1987 The Joshua Tree Tour, U2 met film director Phil Joanou who made an unsolicited pitch to the band to make a feature-length documentary about the tour. Joanou suggested they hire Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, or George Miller to direct the film. Joanou met the band again in Dublin to discuss the plans and again in France in September before the band chose him as director. The movie was originally titled U2 in the Americas and the band planned to film in Chicago and Buenos Aires later in the year.[5] It was later decided that the Chicago venue wasn't suitable, and instead U2 used the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver to film. Following the success of Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, which had been filmed in Denver four years earlier, the band hoped that "lightning might strike twice".[6] With production problems and estimated costs of $1.2 million the band cancelled the plans for December concerts in South America. At the suggestions of concert promoter, Barry Fey, the band instead booked the Sun Devil Stadium in Arizona.[6]

text: The movie is a rockumentary, which was initially financed by the band and intended to be screened in a small number of cinemas as an independent film.[citation needed] After going over budget, the film was bought by Paramount Pictures and released in theatres in 1988, before arriving on video in 1989.[citation needed] It was produced by Michael Hamlyn and directed by Phil Joanou. Paul Wasserman served as the publicist.[7] It incorporates live footage with studio outtakes and band interviews. The album is a mix of live material and new studio recordings that furthers the band's experimentation with American music styles and recognises many of their musical influences. It was produced by Jimmy Iovine and also released in 1988.

text: The title, Rattle and Hum, is taken from a lyric from "Bullet the Blue Sky", the fourth track on The Joshua Tree. The image used for the album cover and movie poster, depicting Bono shining a spotlight on Edge as he plays, was inspired by a scene in the live performance of "Bullet the Blue Sky" recorded in the film and album, but was recreated in a stills studio, and photographed by Anton Corbijn.[8] Several vinyl copies have the message "We Love You A.L.K." etched into side one, a reference to the band's production manager Anne Louise Kelly, who would be the subject of another secret dedication message on several CD copies of the band's later album, Pop.

text: Studio recordings[edit]

text: The album opens with a live cover of The Beatles' "Helter Skelter". Its inclusion on the album was intended by the band to reflect the confusion of The Joshua Tree Tour and their new-found superstar status. Bono opens "Helter Skelter" with this statement: "this is a song Charles Manson stole from The Beatles ... we're stealing it back".[9]

text: Bono said "Hawkmoon 269" was in part as a tribute to writer Sam Shepard, who had released a book entitled Hawk Moon. Bono also said that the band mixed the song 269 times. This was thought to be a joke for years until it was recently confirmed by The Edge in U2 by U2, who said that they spent three weeks mixing the song. He also contradicted Bono's assertion about Shepard, saying that Hawkmoon is a place in Rapid City, South Dakota, in the midwestern United States.[10]

text: The album contains a live version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", which can be seen as a dual tribute to Dylan and to Jimi Hendrix, who popularised the song with his own blistering rendition. Aside from the covers, a couple of songs were written for other artists. "Angel of Harlem" is a vivacious, horn-filled tribute to Billie Holiday. The bass-heavy "God Part II" is an introduction to the Achtung Baby sound, and is a sequel of sorts to John Lennon's "God", his stark denunciation of everyone from Elvis Presley to Jesus Christ.

text: The punchy lead single, "Desire", sports a Bo Diddley beat. During the Joshua Tree tour, in mid-November 1987, Bono and Bob Dylan met in Los Angeles; together they wrote a song called "Prisoner of Love" which later became "Love Rescue Me". Dylan sang lead vocals on the original recording, a version which Bono called "astonishing", but Dylan later asked U2 not to use it citing commitments to The Traveling Wilburys.[11] The live performance of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (recorded with a full church choir) is a gospel song. "When Love Comes to Town" is a blues rocker featuring B.B. King on guitar and vocals.

text: U2 recorded "Angel of Harlem", "Love Rescue Me" and "When Love Comes to Town" at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and many others also recorded. They also recorded an unreleased version of "She's a Mystery to Me" and Woody Guthrie's "Jesus Christ", which appeared on Folkways: A Vision Shared. The band started writing "Heartland", in 1984 during The Unforgettable Fire sessions, and it was worked on during The Joshua Tree sessions.[12] All of the studio tracks apart from "Heartland" were performed in concert on the Lovetown Tour, which began almost a year after Rattle and Hum's release.

text: Live performances[edit]

text: The band chose to film the black-and-white footage over two nights at Denver's McNichols Sports Arena on 7 and 8 November 1987. They chose the city following the success of their U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky video which was filmed in Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver in 1983. "We thought lightning might strike twice" said guitarist the Edge. The first night's performance was disappointing with Bono finding the cameras infringing on his ability to play to the crowd.[6] The second Denver show was far more successful and seven songs from the show are used in the film, and three on the album.

text: Hours before the second Denver performance, an IRA bomb killed eleven people at a Remembrance Day ceremony in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen (see Remembrance Day Bombing). During a performance of "Sunday Bloody Sunday", which appears on the film, Bono condemned the violence in a furious mid-song rant in which he yelled "Fuck the revolution." So powerful was the performance, that the band said they were not sure the song should have been used in the film, and after watching the film, they considered not playing it on future tours.[13]

text: Colour outdoor concert footage is from the band's Tempe, Arizona shows on 19 December 1987 and 20 December 1987. Tickets were sold for $5.00 each and both nights sold out within days. The set was different each night with the band throwing in some rarely performed songs including, "Out of Control", "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", "One Tree Hill", and "Mothers of the Disappeared". For the latter, all four members played at the front of the stage, each under a large spotlight.

text: The performance of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" is from the band's impromptu "Save the Yuppies" concert in Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco, California on 11 November 1987. The video intersperses the performance of the song with footage from the band's performance of "Pride" from the same show, during which Bono spray-painted "Rock and Roll Stops the Traffic" on the Vaillancourt Fountain. This caused a bit of controversy, and ultimately, the band paid to repair the damage and publicly apologised for the incident. The phrase "Rock and Roll Stops the Traffic" reappeared 18 years later in the video "All Because of You" when an unnamed fan appeared with the sign at 1:55 in the video.[14] It also reappeared in February 2009, when the band played on the rooftop of the BBC Radio studios in Langham Place.[15]

text: Dennis Bell, director of New York gospel choir The New Voices of Freedom, recorded a demo of a gospel version of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".[16] While in Glasgow in late July during the Joshua Tree Tour, Rob Partridge of Island Records played the demo for the band.[17] In late September, U2 rehearsed with Bell's choir in a Harlem church, and a few days later they performed the song together at U2's Madison Square Garden concert. Footage of the rehearsal is featured in the movie, while the Madison Square Garden performance appears on the album.[18] After the church rehearsal, U2 walked around the Harlem neighbourhood where they come across blues duo, Satan and Adam, playing in the street. A 40-second clip of them playing their composition, "Freedom for My People", appears on both the movie and the album.[19]

text: During "Silver and Gold", Bono explains that the song is an attack on apartheid. "The Star Spangled Banner" is an excerpt of Jimi Hendrix's famous Woodstock performance in 1969. The noise of the crowd was sampled extensively by The KLF for 'the Stadium House Trilogy' of singles on their 1990 album The White Room.[20]

text: Alternative live concert footage captured for the film in other cities during the 1987 tour (but ultimately not used for the final cut of the film) included:

text:
Foxboro, Massachusetts, Foxboro Stadium, 22 September 1987
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, JFK Stadium, 25 September 1987
New York, NY, Madison Square Garden, 28 September 1987
Long Island, New York, Rehearsals on a beach, 19 October 1987
Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Garden, 18 September 1987 (color footage)

text: Release and reception[edit]

text:
Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating

AllMusic
[1]

Chicago Sun-Times
[21]

Chicago Tribune
[22]

Encyclopedia of Popular Music
[23]

Entertainment Weekly
B[24]

Los Angeles Times
[25]

NME
8/10[26]

Rolling Stone
[27]

The Rolling Stone Album Guide
[28]

The Village Voice
B+[29]

text: Rattle and Hum divided critics when it was released in 1988.[30] Some reviewers panned it, feeling that U2 were making a deliberate and pretentious attempt at rock and roll renown.[26] Writing in Rolling Stone, Anthony DeCurtis called the album "calculated in its supposed spontaneity" while demonstrating "U2's force but devoting too little attention to the band's vision".[27] Jon Pareles was more critical in The New York Times, finding each song genuinely egotistical and "embarrassing in a different way", while Tom Carson from The Village Voice said the band suffered from profound ignorance rather than pretension on an album that was terrible "by almost any rock-and-roll fan's standards".[26] Village Voice critic Robert Christgau was more enthusiastic, calling it "underrated if grandiose".[31] In his consumer guide, he complimented half of the new material and the live versions of past songs by U2, whom he called naturally pretentious but also innovative for their unique rock style that "melded Americana into their Old World riffs".[29] In a rave review for the Los Angeles Times, Robert Hilburn called Rattle and Hum a "frequently remarkable album" that more than matched The Joshua Tree and credited U2 for reviving the "idealism and craft of [rock's] finest moments",[25] while Hot Press reviewer Bill Graham said it was their "most ambitious record" yet.[26] In the UK, Stuart Baillie of NME gave it a positive 8/10 review. Contentiously, his review replaced a much more negative 4/10 review by Mark Sinker in which he described it as "the worst album by a major band in years". It was pulled by editor Alan Lewis as it was feared that criticism of the band would affect the magazine's circulation.[32]

text: At the end of 1988, Rattle and Hum was voted the 21st-best album of the year in the Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of American critics published by The Village Voice.[33] In other critics' lists of the year's top albums, it was ranked number one by HUMO, second by the Los Angeles Times and Hot Press, 17th by OOR, 23rd by NME, and 47th by Sounds.[23]

text: According to review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a "Certified Fresh" rating of 67%.[34] Roger Ebert panned the film, saying the concert footage was poorly lit and monotonous, with little use made of the crowds. Review partner Gene Siskel was more sympathetic, praising the music and finding the footage of the Harlem gospel choir particularly moving.[35] Joanou called the picture "pretentious".[36]

text: "Rattle and Hum was conceived as a scrapbook, a memento of that time spent in America on the Joshua Tree tour. It changed when the movie, which was initially conceived of as a low-budget film, suddenly became a big Hollywood affair. That put a different emphasis on the album, which suffered from the huge promotion and publicity, and people reacted against it."[37]

text:
"But I wasn't prepared for the difference in the size of the movie campaign and the average record campaign... how all across America for a couple of weeks, you couldn't turn on your TV without getting U2 in your face. That's not the way records are marketed. It's much more subtle and I think a lot of the band's old fans found it distasteful. The aftermath I think, quite honestly, was that no one wanted to hear about U2 for a while."

 —Paul McGuinness[38]

text: Despite the criticism, Rattle and Hum was a strong seller, continuing U2's burgeoning commercial success. It hit number one on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, remaining at the top spot for six weeks; it was the first number-one double album in the US since Bruce Springsteen's The River in 1980.[39] Rattle and Hum also reached number one in the UK and Australian charts. In the UK, it sold 360,000 copies in its first week,[40][41] making it the fastest-selling album at that point (a record it held until the release of Oasis's Be Here Now in 1997). In 1989, while at a press tour in Sydney, Australia (where the band was touring with B.B. King and working on demos for the follow-up album Achtung Baby), Bono stated, "making movies: that's the nonsense of rock & roll", which Rolling Stone magazine claimed was almost an apology for the film. "Playing shows is the reason we're here", he added.[42] Lifetime sales for the album have surpassed 14 million copies.[43]

text: Track listing[edit]

text: All lyrics written by Bono; all music composed by U2, except where noted.

text:
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Performer
Length

1.
"Helter Skelter" (live at Denver, Colorado)
Lennon–McCartney (lyrics and music)
U2
3:07

2.
"Van Diemen's Land"
The Edge (lyrics)
U2
3:06

3.
"Desire"

U2
2:58

4.
"Hawkmoon 269"

U2
6:22

5.
"All Along the Watchtower" (live from "Save the Yuppie Free Concert", San Francisco)
Bob Dylan (lyrics and music)
U2
4:24

6.
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (live at Madison Square Garden, New York)

U2 with The New Voices of Freedom
5:53

7.
"Freedom for My People"
Sterling Magee (lyrics and music); Adam Gussow (music)
Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow
0:38

8.
"Silver and Gold" (live from Denver, Colorado)

U2
5:50

9.
"Pride (In the Name of Love)" (live from Denver, Colorado)

U2
4:27

10.
"Angel of Harlem"

U2
3:49

11.
"Love Rescue Me"
Bono and Bob Dylan (lyrics)
U2 with Bob Dylan
6:24

12.
"When Love Comes to Town"

U2 with B.B. King
4:14

13.
"Heartland"

U2
5:02

14.
"God Part II"

U2
3:15

15.
"The Star Spangled Banner" (Live)
John Stafford Smith (music)
Jimi Hendrix
0:43

16.
"Bullet the Blue Sky" (live at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona)

U2
5:37

17.
"All I Want Is You"

U2
6:30

Total length:
72:27

text: Extra tracks[edit]

text: In addition to the nine studio tracks that comprised one-half of the double album, a number of additional recordings from the Rattle and Hum sessions would be released on various singles and side projects. "Hallelujah Here She Comes" was released as a B-side to "Desire", and "A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel" was released as a B-side to "Angel of Harlem." Covers were released as B-sides for the rest of the singles—an abbreviated cover of Patti Smith's "Dancing Barefoot" would be released as a B-side to "When Love Comes to Town" (the full version would see release on the 12" version of the single and on CD on the 1994 soundtrack album to Threesome), while "Unchained Melody" and "Everlasting Love" would be released as the B-sides to "All I Want Is You." A cover of "Fortunate Son" recorded with Maria McKee would not be released until 1992's "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" single.

text: Studio versions of "She's a Mystery to Me" (a Bono/Edge composition that would eventually be recorded and released by Roy Orbison), Bruce Cockburn's "If I Had a Rocket Launcher", and "Can't Help Falling in Love With You", while recorded, have yet to be released. (A solo Bono cover of the Elvis Presley classic would be released on 1992's Honeymoon in Vegas album, however.) A cover of the Woody Guthrie song "Jesus Christ" was also recorded during these sessions for eventual inclusion on the cover album Folkways: A Vision Shared. Lastly, a cover of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" was recorded and released for the first A Very Special Christmas album, released at the end of 1987.

text: Charts and certifications[edit]

text:
Album

Chart (1988)
Peak
Certification
Sales

Australia
1[44]

Austria
1[44]

Brazil

Gold[45]
100,000+[45]

Canada

7× Platinum[46]
700,000+[46]

Finland

Gold[47]
28,632[47]

France
8[48]
Gold[49]

Germany

Platinum[50]

Netherlands
1
Platinum[51]

Spain
1[52]

Switzerland
1[44]
2× Platinum[53]

United Kingdom
1[54]
4× Platinum[55]
1,200,000+[55]

United States
1[56]
5× Platinum[57]
5,000,000+[58]

Songs

Year
Song
Peak

AUS
[59]
CAN
[60]
IRE
[61]
NZ
[59]
UK
[62]
US Hot 100
[56][63]
US Main Rock
[56][63]

1988
"Desire"
1
19
1
1
1
3
1

"Angel of Harlem"
18
—
3
1
9
14
1

"God Part II"
—
—
—
—
—
—
8

1989
"When Love Comes to Town"
23
41
1
4
6
68
2

"All I Want Is You"
2
67
1
2
4
83
13

"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

text: Film[edit]

text:
U2: Rattle and Hum

Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Phil Joanou

Produced by
Michael Hamlyn

Starring
U2

Music by
U2

Cinematography
Robert Brinkmann
(black-and-white footage)
Jordan Cronenweth
(Color footage)

Edited by
Phil Joanou

Production
company

Midnight Films

Distributed by
Paramount Pictures

Release date

27 October 1988 (1988-10-27) (Ireland)
4 November 1988 (1988-11-04) (United States)

Running time

98 minutes

Country
United States

Language
English

Budget
$5 million

Box office
$8.6 million[64]

text:
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Performer
Length

1.
"Helter Skelter" (Live)
Lennon–McCartney
U2

2.
"Van Diemen's Land"
The Edge
U2

3.
"Desire" (Demo)
U2
U2

4.
"Exit"/"Gloria" (Live)
U2 ("Exit"), Van Morrison ("Gloria")
U2

5.
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (Rehearsal)
U2
U2 with The New Voices of Freedom

6.
"Freedom for My People"
Adam Gussow and Sterling Magee
Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow

7.
"Silver and Gold" (Live)
Bono
U2

8.
"Angel of Harlem" (Demo)
U2
U2

9.
"All Along the Watchtower" (Live)
Bob Dylan
U2

10.
"In God's Country" (Live)
U2
U2

11.
"When Love Comes to Town" (Rehearsal, live, recital medley)
U2
U2 with B.B. King

12.
"Heartland"
U2
U2

13.
"Bad"/"Ruby Tuesday"/"Sympathy for the Devil" (Live)
U2 ("Bad"), Jagger/Richards ("Ruby Tuesday", "Sympathy for the Devil")
U2

14.
"Where the Streets Have No Name" (Live)
U2
U2

15.
"MLK" (Live)
U2
U2

16.
"With or Without You" (Live)
U2
U2

17.
"The Star Spangled Banner" (Excerpt)
John Stafford Smith
Jimi Hendrix

18.
"Bullet the Blue Sky" (Live)
U2
U2

19.
"Running to Stand Still" (Live)
U2
U2

20.
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" (Live)
U2
U2

21.
"Pride (In the Name of Love)" (Live)
U2
U2

22.
"All I Want Is You" (Heard over end credits)
U2
U2

text: Personnel[edit]

text:
Bono – lead vocals, additional guitar, harmonica
The Edge – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Van Diemen's Land"
Adam Clayton – bass guitar
Larry Mullen Jr. – drums, percussion

text: Guest performers

text:
Bob Dylan – Hammond organ on "Hawkmoon 269", backing vocals on "Love Rescue Me"
The New Voices of Freedom – gospel choir on "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
George Pendergrass, Dorothy Terrell – vocal soloists on "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
Joey Miskulin – organ on "Angel of Harlem"
The Memphis Horns – horns on "Angel of Harlem" and "Love Rescue Me"
B.B. King – guest vocals & lead guitar on "When Love Comes to Town"
Rebecca Evans Russell, Phyllis Duncan, Helen Duncan – backing vocals on "When Love Comes to Town"
Brian Eno – keyboards on "Heartland"
Benmont Tench – Hammond organ on "All I Want Is You"
Van Dyke Parks – string arrangement on "All I Want Is You"

text: Additional musicians (field recordings and tapes)

text:
Satan and Adam (Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow) – vocals, guitar, percussion, and harmonica on 'Freedom for My People' (sourced from field recording)
Jimi Hendrix – electric guitar on "The Star Spangled Banner" (sourced from Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More as played through U2's concert PA system)

text: Notes[edit]

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document_title: I Can Only Imagine (film)

question_text: who played the band manager in the movie i can only imagine

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text: I Can Only Imagine (film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Coming from a home with an abusive father, 10-year-old Bart Millard is dropped off at a Christian camp by his mother, where he meets Shannon. Upon his return from camp, Bart finds his mother has left and movers are removing her belongings, leading to a physical confrontation with his father Arthur, who takes custody of him.

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text: Years later, Millard is in Lakeside high school and dating Shannon. Hoping to impress his father, he begins playing football. However, he is injured, breaking both ankles and ending his career. In order to make up the credits he would miss from football, he signs up for music class, the only available class left. Initially, Millard is assigned to be a sound technician. After the director catches him singing in the empty auditorium of Lakeside high school, she casts him as Curly, the lead role in the school production of Oklahoma. He doesn't tell his father of his role in the play, and while Bart has risen to the singing demands of the part, Arthur subsequently collapses with severe abdominal pain, but refuses to tell Bart or Shannon about his cancer diagnosis. The following morning, Millard voices his frustrations with his father and is assaulted by his father, who smashes a plate over his head. Shannon presses Bart to open up, but he responds by breaking up with her and leaving to seek his fortune in the city after graduation.

text: Millard then connects with the band who would become MercyMe, and eventually attracts the attention of Christian music producer Scott Brickell (Trace Adkins), who coaches Millard and gets them a showcase in Nashville, leading to meetings with Amy Grant (Nicole DuPort) and Michael W. Smith (Jake B. Miller). Millard has been unable to reconcile with Shannon, who rejects his invitation to tour with the band to their upcoming Nashville showcase. While the band felt their performance was the best of their career, industry representatives reject the band as not being good enough to sell records. In despair, Millard quits the band. After talking with Brickell, who encourages him to resolve his issues with his father, Millard rejoins the band but asks they wait for him to confront his father and settle the conflict before they play again.

text: Millard returns home and is greeted enthusiastically by his father, who prepares breakfast for him the next morning. His father claims to have become a Christian, but Bart is initially skeptical and rejects his father's offer to start over. In anger, Arthur takes a baseball bat and hits his old Jeep, which he had hoped to repair with his son. As Bart prepares to leave, he finds out his father has terminal cancer. Bart and his father reconcile and form a deep bond before Arthur dies of his illness.

text: After his father's funeral, Millard rejoins the band and writes "I Can Only Imagine". Brickell sends the demo tape to several artists, including Grant, who, deeply moved by the song, asks to record it herself as her next single. The band accepts Grant's offer. Millard is seated in the audience when Grant intends to unveil the song live in concert. However, Grant decides that Millard should be the one to sing the song, and offers it back to him, calling him to the microphone to sing it before the large audience. Millard's unexpected performance is wildly applauded and he reunites with Shannon, who had also been in attendance at the concert. The band releases the song as their first single, achieving success on Christian and mainstream radio.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
J. Michael Finley as Bart Millard

Brody Rose as Young Bart

Dennis Quaid as Arthur Millard, Bart's father
Tanya Clarke as Adele
Cloris Leachman as Meemaw, Bart's grandmother
Madeline Carroll as Shannon, Bart's girlfriend

Taegen Burns as Young Shannon

Trace Adkins as Scott Brickell, MercyMe's manager
Priscilla Shirer as Mrs. Fincher, Bart's teacher
Nicole DuPort as Amy Grant
Jake B. Miller as Michael W. Smith
Mark Furze as Nathan

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text: Production[edit]

text: This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (March 2018)

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text: The film was announced in December 2016.[4] Dennis Quaid joined the cast in January 2017.[5] Broadway actor J. Michael Finley makes his film debut as Bart Millard.[1] The same month, it was announced that the film was slated for release in the spring of 2018.[5] In August 2017, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions signed on as distributors for the film for a nationwide release in the United States.[1][6]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: As of May 13, 2018[update], I Can Only Imagine has grossed $82.4 million in the United States, and Canada and $1.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $83.5 million, against a production budget of $7 million.[2] It is the third-highest grossing music biopic of all-time in the United States, behind Straight Outta Compton and Walk the Line.[7]

text: The film was released on March 16, 2018, alongside Tomb Raider and Love, Simon, and was originally projected to gross $2–4 million from 1,620 theaters in its opening weekend.[8] However, after making $6.2 million on its first day (including $1.3 million from Thursday night previews), weekend estimates were increased to $14 million.[9] It ended up grossing $17.1 million, exceeding expectations and finishing third at the box office behind Black Panther and Tomb Raider. 67% of the opening weekend audience was female while 80% was over the age of 35.[10] It was the fourth best-ever opening for a faith-based film, following The Passion of the Christ ($83.8 million), Son of God ($25.6 million) and Heaven Is for Real ($22.5 million).[11] In its second weekend the film was added to 624 additional theaters and dropped just 19% to $13.8 million, again finishing third.[12] It was added to another 395 venues and finished fourth in its third weekend, making $10.4 million (including $3 million on Easter Sunday).[13] The film was released on iTunes and Google Play on June 5, 2018, and on DVD and Blu-ray on June 12, 2018.

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 71% based on 24 reviews, and an average rating of 6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "I Can Only Imagine's message will have the most impact among Christian audiences, but overall, its performances and storytelling represent a notable evolution in faith-based cinema."[14] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 29 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[15] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, one of fewer than 80 films in the history of the service to earn such a score.[9]

text: The Arizona Republic's James Ward gave the film 4/5 stars and wrote, "Too often faith-based films — say anything with Kirk Cameron or the terrible God's Not Dead series — tend to preach to the choir or hector their audience. The Erwins’ films — I Can Only Imagine definitely among them — are more inclusive, charitable of spirit and hopeful, all qualities that are always appreciated, be they rooted in Christian faith or otherwise."[16] David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a "C–" saying: "There’s a reason why all of these movies are so amateurishly made; why they all end with links to religious websites; why they all look like they were shot on an iPhone by a Walmart-brand Janusz Kaminski who lit each interior like the white light of heaven was streaming through every window...Art can be affirmation, but affirmation cannot be art."[17]


document_title: National Human Rights Commission of India

question_text: who was the first chairman of indian national human rights commission

text: Functions[edit]

text: TPHRA mandates the NHRC to perform the following functions:[2]

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proactively or reactively inquire into violations of human rights or negligence in the prevention of such violation by a public servant
by leave of the court, to intervene in court proceeding relating to human rights
to visit any jail or other institution under the control of the State Government, where persons are detained or lodged for purposes of treatment, reformation or protection, for the study of the living conditions of the inmates and make recommendations
review the safeguards provided by or under the Constitution or any law for the time being in force for the protection of human rights and recommend measures for their effective implementation
review the factors, including acts of terrorism that inhibit the enjoyment of human rights and recommend appropriate remedial measures
to study treaties and other international instruments on human rights and make recommendations for their effective implementation
undertake and promote research in the field of human rights
engage in human rights education among various sections of society and promote awareness of the safeguards available for the protection of these rights through publications, the media, seminars and other available means
encourage the efforts of NGOs and institutions working in the field of human rights
such other function as it may consider it necessary for the protection of human rights.
requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office

text: Composition[edit]

text: The NHRC consists of:

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A Chairperson, should be retired Chief Justice of India
One member who is, or has been, a Judge of the Supreme Court of India
One member who is, or has been, the Chief Justice of a High Court
Two members to be appointed from among persons having knowledge of, or practical experience in, matters relating to human rights
In addition, the Chairpersons of four National Commissions (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Women and Minorities) serve as ex officio members.

text: The sitting Judge of the Supreme Court or sitting Chief Justice of any High Court can be appointed only after the consultation with the Chief Justice of Supreme Court.

text: Chairman and Members[edit]

text: Justice JS Kehar is going to be next chairman after H.L. Dattu The chairman of the NHRC is Justice H. L. Dattu and the other members are:[4]

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Justice Cyriac Joseph
Justice D. Murugesan, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
Sharad Chandra Sinha, former Director General, National Investigation Agency
Jyotika Kalra

text: Ex-officio members:

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Ram shankar Katheria, Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Nand Kumar Sai, Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Syed Gayorul Hasan Rizvi, Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities
Lalitha Kumaramangalam, Chairperson, National Commission for Women

text: State Human Rights Commission[edit]

text: A State Government may constitute a body known as the Human Rights Commission of that State to exercise the powers conferred upon, and to perform the functions assigned to, a State Commission. In accordance to the amendment brought in TPHRA,1993[5] point No.10 below is the list[6] of State Human Rights Commissions formed to perform the functions of the commission as stated under chapter V of TPHRA,1993 (with amendment act 2006). At present, 24 states have constituted SHRC[7]

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State Commission
City
Date constituted

Assam Human rights Commission
Guwahati
19 January 1996

Andhra Pradesh State Human rights Commission
Hyderabad
2 August 2006

Bihar Human rights Commission
Patna
3 January 2000

Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission
Raipur
16 April 2001

Gujarat State Human Rights Commission[8]
Gandhinagar
12 September 2006

Goa Human Rights Commission
Panaji
--

Himachal Pradesh State Human rights Commission
Shimla
--

Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission
Srinagar
January 1997

Kerala State Human Rights Commission
Thiruvananthapuram
11 December 1998

Karnataka State Human Rights Commission
Bangalore
28 June 2005

Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission
Bhopal
1 September 1995

Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission
Mumbai
6 March 2001

Manipur State Human Rights Commission
Imphal
--

Odisha Human rights Commission
Bhubaneswar
27 January 2000

Punjab Human Rights Commission
Chandigarh
--

Rajasthan State Human rights Commission
Jaipur
18 January 1999

State Human Rights Commission Tamil Nadu
Chennai
17 April 1997

Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission
Lucknow
7 October 2002

West Bengal Human Rights Commission
Kolkata
8 January 1994

Jharkhand State Human Rights Commission
Ranchi
--

Sikkim State Human Rights Commission
Gangtok
18 October 2008

Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission
Dehradun
13 May 2013

Haryana Human Rights Commission
Chandigarh
--

Tripura Human rights Commission
Agartala
--

text: Appointment[edit]

text: Sections 3 and 4 of TPHRA lay down the rules for appointment to the NHRC. The Chairperson and members of the NHRC are appointed by the President of India, on the recommendation of a committee consisting of:

text:
The Prime Minister (Chairperson)
The Home Minister
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha (Lower House)
The Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House)
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha (Lower House)
The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House)

text: Former chairpersons[edit]

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Sr
No
Name
Tenure

1.
Justice Ranganath Misra
12 October 1993 - 24 November 1996

2.
Justice M N Venkatachaliah
26 November 1996 - 24 October 1999

3.
Justice J S Verma
4 November 1999 - 17 January 2003

4.
Justice A S Anand
17 February 2003 - 31 October 2006

5.
Justice S. Rajendra Babu
2 April 2007 - 31 May 2009

6.
Justice K G Balakrishnan
7 June 2010 - 11 May 2015

7.
Justice H.L. Dattu
29 Feb-2016

text: Acting Chairpersons[edit]

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Justice Cyriac Joseph from May 11, 2015 to February 28, 2016
Dr. Justice Shivaraj Patil, from November 1, 2006 to April 1, 2007
Justice G.P. Mathur, from June 1, 2009 to June 6, 2010

text: International status[edit]

text: The NHRC has been accredited with "A status" by the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (the ICC), indicating that it is in conformity with the Paris Principles – a broad set of principles agreed upon by a conference of experts on the promotion and protection of human rights, in Paris in October 1991, and subsequently endorsed by the UN General Assembly. The Commission is thus entitled to participate in the ICC and in its regional sub-group, the Asia Pacific Forum, and may take part in certain sessions of the UN human rights committees.

text: Controversy[edit]

text: A report concerning the manner of which the Shivani Bhatnagar murder controversy case was rejected, a case which involved high-ranking officials being implicated in the murder of a journalist, opened the organisation up to questioning over the usefulness of human rights commissions set up by the government at the national and state levels.[9]

text: In mid-2011, the chairman of the NHRC, ex-Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan came under a cloud for allegedly owning assets disproportionate to his income.[10] His son-in-law P. V. Srinijan, an Indian National Congress politician, had to resign for suddenly coming into possession of land worth Rs. 25 lakhs.[11] Many prominent jurists, including former CJ J. S. Verma, SC ex-Judge V. R. Krishna Iyer, noted jurist Fali S. Nariman, former NHRC member Sudarshan Agrawal and prominent activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan, have called on Balakrishnan's resignation pending from the HRC pending inquiry.[12] In February 2012, the Supreme Court inquired of the government regarding the status of the inquiry.[13]

text: HRC's recommendations[edit]

text: NHRC held that 16 out of 19 police encounters with suspected maoists in Guntur and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh, prior to 2002 were fake and recommended to Government payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the families.[14]


document_title: Going in Style (2017 film)

question_text: who plays the waitress in going in style

text: Going in Style (2017 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Joe, Willie, and Albert are senior citizens and lifelong friends living in New York. During an unpleasant appointment at the bank, Joe is one of the victims to witness a robbery in progress carried out by three individuals wearing black masks. During the robbery, he notices the leader bearing a Mongol warrior tattoo on his neck as the only lead that could help the police identify the culprit. However, the leader sympathizes with Joe when he finds out about his current financial situation brought up by the bank. Then, the robbers manage to escape with over $1.6 million.

text: When the company they worked for is bought out, their pensions become a casualty of the restructuring. Joe is hit particularly hard and finds out that he, his daughter, Rachel, and granddaughter, Brooklyn, will be homeless in fewer than 30 days. Willie finds out he's gravely ill from kidney failure and needs a transplant and is even more frustrated because his financial situation forces him into a long-distance relationship with his daughter and granddaughter. Desperate, the three friends decide to rob the bank that is going to restructure their pension funds and take back what is rightfully theirs.

text: Inspired by his experience of the robbery, Joe originates the idea; at first Albert and Willie are appalled, but eventually agree when they later learn that their bank intends to steal their pensions. Trying to shoplift some items from a grocery store, where Al's love interest, Annie, works, results in a comic disaster, so the trio turn to Joe's former son-in-law, Murphy, and a criminal working as a pet store owner named Jesus to teach them the ropes. They plan an alibi using their lodge's carnival as a cover.

text: Joe, Willie, and Albert disguise themselves as "The Rat Pack" (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr.) and use guns with blanks so that no one gets hurt. The robbery almost goes awry when Willie collapses briefly and a child witness partially pulls off his mask to allow him to breathe better; she sees the wrist watch he wears with a picture of his granddaughter on it as he engages in a friendly conversation and sympathizes with her, so as not to let her feel intimidated about the robbery in progress and when the bank manager clumsily tries to fire shots at them; however, the three manage to get away with over 2.3 million dollars. They are soon arrested on suspicion by FBI Agent Hamer after the manager from the grocery store recognizes Al's walk from the video surveillance cameras, but they all stick to their alibis.

text: Hamer puts them along with other senior suspects into a police lineup, using the child witness who partially took off Willie's mask. She refuses to identify Willie, leaving Hamer with no case. Willie suffers total renal failure and is near death until Al agrees to donate a kidney. While part of the money is used to help the three friends with their financial situations, the rest is given to their families, friends, co-workers, and fellow members at the lodge. Joe finally gets his granddaughter a puppy he promised her if she got A's in every subject at school; courtesy of Jesus, who is later revealed to be the leader of the robbers from the robbery Joe witnessed and has laundered the money that they stole. The tattoo on his neck is also revealed to be a fake made of Henna, intended to throw the FBI and the police off the scent. The movie ends at Al and Annie's wedding as the three friends celebrate their good fortune.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Morgan Freeman as Willie Davis, one of the three protagonists.
Michael Caine as Joe Harding, one of the three protagonists.
Alan Arkin as Albert Garner, one of the three protagonists.
Joey King as Brooklyn,[5][6] Joe's whip-smart granddaughter.
Maria Dizzia as Rachel Harding, Joe's daughter.
Ashley Aufderheide as Kanika, Willie's granddaughter.
Gillian Glasco as Maya Davis, Willie's daughter.
Matt Dillon as Special Agent Hamer, an FBI agent who investigates bank robberies.
Ann-Margret as Annie Santori, Albert’s love interest, Ezra's grandmother, and an employee at Value Town.
Jeremy Schinder as Ezra Bronkowski, Annie's grandson.
Anthony Chisholm as Paul, the Knights Grandmaster.
Christopher Lloyd as Milton Kupchak, the guys' senile lodge buddy.
Annabelle Chow as Lucy, the child witness.
Nancy Sun as Mandy, Lucy's mother.
Kenan Thompson as Keith Schonfield, a grocery store manager of Value Town.
Josh Pais as Chuck Lofton, the bank manager of Williamsburg Savings Bank who intends to take Joe's house in a month.
Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Mitzi, a waitress at Nat's Diner.
John Ortiz as Jesus Garcia, a man of unspecified credentials who agrees to show the guys the ropes, a pet store owner in Queens, and the leader of robbers at the beginning of the film.
Peter Serafinowicz as Murphy, Joe's former son-in-law, Rachel's former husband, and Brooklyn's estranged father.

text: Production[edit]

text: On October 12, 2012, it was announced that New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. were developing a remake of 1979 heist comedy film Going in Style, with Theodore Melfi set to write the script.[7] Donald De Line was on board to produce the film with Tony Bill, producer of the original film, as executive producer.[7] Melfi was approached by De Line and Andrew Haas about writing the screenplay for the remake, but Melfi insisted on changing the ending to something more upbeat. Melfi explained, "In this modern era, and even for me, I don’t want to see a movie where my heroes whom I’ve been fighting for and rooting for for two hours die or go to jail. I want to see them get ahead, and it’s perfect for them to get ahead these days because everyone hates banks now. So let’s have them put the perfect heist together, rob a bank, get away with it, and go off into the sunset. They said, 'Yes, let’s do that,' and that’s how that script was born."[8]

text: On January 9, 2013, Don Scardino was hired to direct the film.[9] On September 19, 2013, Melfi, who wrote the script was in talks to direct the film.[10] On November 19, 2014, it was revealed that Zach Braff was in talks with the studio to direct the film, but he was not officially offered yet.[11] On November 19, 2014, it was announced that Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine were cast in the film to play the lead roles, while Dustin Hoffman was in talks to join them.[12] On April 9, 2015, Alan Arkin joined the cast of the film to complete the lead cast of three.[13] On August 3, 2015, Joey King joined the cast of the film to play Caine's character's granddaughter.[6] On August 10, 2015, Matt Dillon was added to the cast to play an FBI agent named Hamer, pursuing the three elderly lifelong friends and robbers.[14] The same day, Ann-Margret was cast in the film for an unspecified role.[15]

text: Principal photography on the film began in Brooklyn, New York City on August 3, 2015.[13][16] Filming also took place in Astoria, Queens.[17][18]

text: Release[edit]

text: Going in Style was released on April 7, 2017,[19] which Warner Bros moved from an original May 6, 2016 date.[20]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Going in Style grossed $45 million in the United States and Canada and $39.6 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $84.6 million, against a production budget of $25 million.[4]

text: In North America, the film opened alongside Smurfs: The Lost Village and The Case for Christ, and was projected to gross around $8 million from 3,061 theaters in its opening weekend.[21] It grossed $4.2 million on its first day and $11.9 million over the weekend, finishing above expectations and 4th at the box office.[22] In its second weekend the film grossed $6.3 million (a drop of 47%), finishing 5th at the box office.[23]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 46% based on 134 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Despite the considerable talent of its leads, Going in Style is light on laughs and plays it safe far too often."[24] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score 50 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[25] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[26]