Shine a Light

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• The two Rolling Stones concerts filmed for "Shine a Light" took place at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan. It is their second film to be shown in the IMAX format. Because of a lack of appropriate IMAX cinemas in Manhattan upon the release of the IMAX film "At The Max" in 1991, the film had to be shown at a non-conventional venue: the Beacon Theatre.
• Mick Jagger originally pitched the idea to shoot the film on the beach in Rio De Janeiro, capturing the Stones during a massive free concert as part of their Bigger Bang world tour. Martin Scorsese thought about it and even considered shooting the film in IMAX 3D format before coming to the decision to shoot the film in the more intimate Beacon Theater. According to Scorsese, this setting was much closer to his sensibilities.
• As Keith Richards sings "You Got the Silver", he wears a trench-coat with a pirate pin on the collar. This is a gift from working on Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
• DIRTRADE (Martin Scorsese): [tracking shot]: Uses a tracking shot to follow the main character(s) through a hallway.