Ian Anderson Movies

"What would the world be like without Beethoven?" That’s the provocative question posed by this music documentary from Deutsche Welle. To answer it, the film explores how Ludwig van Beethoven's innovations continue to have an impact far beyond the boundaries of classical music, 250 years after...

A 1968 event put together by The Rolling Stones. The film is comprised of two concerts on a circus stage and included such acts as The Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and Jethro Tull. John Lennon and his fiancee Yoko Ono performed as part of a supergroup called The Dirty Mac, along with Eric...

In August 1970, 600,000 fans flocked to the Isle of Wight to witness the third and final festival to be held on the island. Besides the music, they also got a look at the greed, cynicism and corruption that would plague the music industry for years to come. They also witnessed the final, drugged...

Melody Maker Magazine's Chief Contributing Photographer(1965-1975), Barrie Wentzell tells the story of the rise and fall of the magazine, which marked the end to a style of rock n' roll journalism that no longer exit's today.

1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock....and Led Zeppelin perform in the gym of the Wheaton Youth Center in front of 50 confused teenagers. Or did they? Filmmaker Jeff Krulik chronicles an enduring Maryland legend, of the very night this concert was alleged to have taken...

A wealthy man leaves all his money to his grandson on the condition that he marries within 24 hours. If not the money will go to the boy's father...

Jethro Tull is one of the most successful British acts of all time with a career reaching from the late sixties to the present day. In 2003 they made their first (and so far only) visit to the Montreux Festival. As ever Ian Anderson leads from the front with his instantly recognizable voice and...

Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull is a live album and DVD by Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, featuring the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt, conducted by John O'Hara. The DVD was recorded at the Rosengarten in Mannheim on 8 December 2004. The concert was part of a series of the same...

This collection of live performances filmed in Germany in the 1970's, '80s and '90s capture British rockers Jethro Tull in top form over a long and fruitful career. Selection from concerts recorded in 1982 and 1986 include "Aqualung," "Heavy Horses," "Thick as a Brick," "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll:...

This period compilation of documentaries shot with a Portapak camera from the early era of video experimentation offers an immediate view of the independent New York art scene (concerts and theater perfomances on the streets and in the clubs of downtown). It is a sort of summary of Steina and Woody...

Unplugged live recording from London Mermaid Theatre 9th Dec 2000

Jethro Tull's famous concept album "Thick As A Brick" was originally released in 1972 and featured one continuous track spread across two sides of an LP telling the story of a young boy called Gerald Bostock. 40 years later in 2012, Jethro Tull's founder and leader Ian Anderson created "Thick As A...

Haunted by uncanny similarities between Nazi stage techniques and the showmanship employed by modern entertainers, a filmmaker investigates the dangers of audience manipulation and leader worship.

In the 1960's at Arthur Kingston's old butcher house blood and guts were routine. That all changed one night when the blood spilled was human. At the hand of a murderous, rampaging butcher, two workers and the owner's son were killed. The factory was shut down. Decades pass. The massacre became a...

Live At Madison Square Garden 1978 is a video and an album by english rock band Jethro Tull, released in 2009. It's a concert made by the band on October 9, 1978 at the Madison Square Garden of New York City. 50 minutes of show was broadcasted live via satellite on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test.

Fourth in the classic artists series: Jethro Tull, from being one of the hottest blues-rock bands of the late 60s to touring with Led Zep, to holding the record for the number of consecutive nights at the la forum, to the first live concert broadcast worldwide, to nearly bringing down the grammys,...

Rock legends the Moody Blues have been sharing their music with listeners for more than 40 years. This definitive documentary tells the story of one of the world's most successful bands, from their early days as a British R&B group to their present incarnation. Packed with vintage and new...

Just three years into their career and just months before the release of the their acclaimed album "Aqualung," Jethro Tull performed on the final day of the 1970 Isle of Wight festival. Aware-winning director Murray Lerner captures tension between the hippie audience and show organizers, and audio...

Jethro Tull’s 2003 Christmas album has been remixed and expanded.