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Concert for Kampuchea

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The Concert for Kampuchea
DVD cover of The Concert for Kampuchea
Directed byKeith McMillan
Produced byBob Mercer
StarringWings
The Clash
Elvis Costello
The Pretenders
Ian Dury
Rockpile feat. Robert Plant
Queen
The Specials
The Who
CinematographyAnthony Richmond
Distributed byAlmi Cinema 5
Release dates
August, 1980
Running time
90 min.
LanguageEnglish

The Concert for Kampuchea (subtitled "Rock for Kampuchea") is a musical film from the best of the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea. The film was directed by Keith McMillan and was 4 nights of concerts in Hammersmith Odeon to raise money for the victims of Pol Pot's reign of terror in Cambodia. The event was organized by Paul McCartney and Kurt Waldheim (who was then Secretary-General of the U.N.), and it involved well-established artists such as McCartney, The Who and Queen as well as younger punk and new wave acts like The Clash and the Pretenders. The film finishes with the presentation of Wings' Rockestra (more of 25 musicians playing together). Filmed in 1979, Concert for Kampuchea did not receive American theatrical distribution until it was picked up by Miramax in 1981.

Track listing

Now I'm Here
Cumquat Serenade by Dave Lee
'39
Guide Us Jah (In Your Own Way)
Armagideon Time
  • Performed by The Pretenders:
The Wait
Got To Get You Into My Life
Getting Closer
Every Night
Arrow Through Me
Coming Up
Monkey Man
The Imposter
Crawling From The Wreckage
Little Sister (with Robert Plant)
Sweet Gene Vincent
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Sister Disco
Behind Blue Eyes
See Me, Feel Me
Introduction to the Rockestra
  • Performed by the Rockestra:
Lucille
Let It Be
Rockestra Theme

See also