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Pearl Jam Twenty

{{Short description|2011 film by Cameron Crowe}}

{{for|the 2011 tour|Pearl Jam Twenty Tour}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Pearl Jam Twenty

| image = Poster of Pearl Jam Twenty.jpg

| caption =

| director = Cameron Crowe

| producer = Michele Anthony
Cameron Crowe
Morgan Neville

| writer = Cameron Crowe

| starring =

| music =

| cinematography = Nicola B. Marsh

| editing =

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2011|9|10|TIFF|2011|9|20|US}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pearljam.com/news/pearl-jam-twenty-kicks-world-premiere-2011-toronto-international-film-festival |title=Pearl Jam Twenty Kicks Off With World Premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival |access-date=July 26, 2011 |work=Pearl Jam |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924093419/http://www.pearljam.com/news/pearl-jam-twenty-kicks-world-premiere-2011-toronto-international-film-festival |archive-date=September 24, 2011 }}

| runtime = 120 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Pearl Jam Twenty (also known as PJ20) is a 2011 American documentary directed by Cameron Crowe about the band Pearl Jam. Preliminary footage was being shot as of June 2010.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100613012051/http://www.twofeetthick.com/2010/06/cameron-crowe-hits-the-streets-for-pearl-jam/ Two Feet Thick article]}} Crowe completed filming in April 2011, after using 12,000 hours of footage of the band for the documentary.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/cameron-crowe-on-pearl-jam-twenty-we-went-about-as-personal-as-we-could-get-20110914 |title=Cameron Crowe on 'Pearl Jam Twenty': 'We Went About as Personal as We Could Get' |access-date=September 24, 2011 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and also had an accompanying book and soundtrack.[http://www.pearljam.com/music/albums/1049/film/18658/pearl_jam_twenty "Pearl Jam Twenty,"] Pearl Jam official website. Accessed December 14, 2014.

The documentary charts the history of the band, from the demise of Mother Love Bone, their battle against Ticketmaster and the tragedy of the Roskilde Festival in 2000.{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/movies/pearl-jam-twenty-a-cameron-crowe-documentary-review.html |title=A Sound Reverberating Far Beyond Seattle |first=Andy |last=Webster |access-date=September 24, 2011 |work=NY Times |date=September 22, 2011}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/sep/15/pearl-jam-twenty-film-review |title=Pearl Jam Twenty – review |first=Henry |last=Barnes |access-date=September 24, 2011 |work=The Guardian |date=September 15, 2011}}

The film was presented theatrically at select cinemas in the US during the month of September 2011, and premiered on October 21, 2011, on PBS' American Masters. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 24, 2011. A book, written by Jonathan Cohen, was published concurrent to the film's release.{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|title=Exclusive Excerpt from PJ 20|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-read-an-excerpt-from-pearl-jam-twenty-20110908|work=September 8, 2011|date=September 8, 2011 |publisher=Rolling Stone|access-date=March 13, 2014}}

Cast

File:PearlJamTwenty-TIFF.jpg with the band's frontman Eddie Vedder (far right)]]

Soundtrack

{{main|Pearl Jam Twenty (soundtrack)}}

The film soundtrack includes live recordings from 1990 through 2010.

Charts

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!scope="col"|Chart (2011)

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position

scope="row"|Australian Music DVDs Chart{{cite journal |date=October 31, 2011 |title=ARIA Top 40 Music DVD |journal=The ARIA Report |issue=1131 |page=22 |access-date=April 3, 2013 |url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1131.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20111029130100/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20111030-0001/Issue1131.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 29, 2011 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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scope="row"|Austrian Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2011&date=20111104 |title=Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 04.11.2011 |work=Austriancharts.at |publisher=Hung Medien |language=de |access-date=April 3, 2013}}

|4

scope="row"|Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2011&date=20111105 |title=Ultratop 10 Muziek-DVD |work=Ultratop |publisher=Hung Medien |language=nl |access-date=April 3, 2013}}

|3

scope="row"|Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2011&date=20111105 |title=Ultratop 10 DVD Musicaux |work=Ultratop |publisher=Hung Medien |language=fr |access-date=April 3, 2013}}

|4

scope="row"|Danish Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.hitlisterne.dk/lister.asp?w=43&y=2011&list=v10 |title=Musik DVD Top-10 |work=Hitlisten.nu |publisher=IFPI Denmark |language=da |access-date=April 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412102323/http://www.hitlisterne.dk/lister.asp?w=43&y=2011&list=v10 |archive-date=April 12, 2013 }}

|3

scope="row"|Dutch Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2011&date=20111029 |title=DVD Music Top 30 |work=GfK Dutch Charts |publisher=Hung Medien |language=nl |access-date=April 3, 2013}}

|2

scope="row"|Finnish Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/dvd/2011/44 |title=Suomen Virallinen Lista – Musiikki DVD:t 44/2011 |work=Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland |language=fi |access-date= April 3, 2013}}

|2

scope="row"|Hungarian DVDs Chart{{cite web|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/kereso-eloado-cim-szerint |title=Archívum: Kereső – Előadó/cím Szerint |work=Mahasz |publisher=Light Media |language=hu |access-date=April 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924070100/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/kereso-eloado-cim-szerint |archive-date=September 24, 2012 }}

|6

scope="row"|Irish Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp |title=Irish Charts – Singles, Albums & Compilations |work=IRMA |publisher=Fireball Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104234539/http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp |archive-date=November 4, 2011 |access-date=April 3, 2013}}

|1

scope="row"|Norwegian Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://lista.vg.no/liste/dvd-audio/10/dato/2011/uke/45 |title=DVD Audio Uke 45, 2011 |work=VG-lista |language=no |access-date=April 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208140049/http://lista.vg.no/liste/dvd-audio/10/dato/2011/uke/45 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

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scope="row"|Portuguese Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/ |title=Top Oficial AFP |work=Artistas & Espectáculos |publisher=Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121152246/http://artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/ |archive-date=November 21, 2011 |access-date=April 3, 2013}}

|2

scope="row"|Spanish Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/dvds/historial/TOP%2020%20DVD%2011_43.pdf |title=Top 20 DVD Musical |work=PROMUSICAE |publisher=Media Control GfK International |language=es |access-date=April 3, 2013}}

|2

scope="row"|Swedish Music DVDs Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/ |title=Sveriges Officiella Topplista |work=Sverigetopplistan |language=sv |access-date=April 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226154145/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/ |archive-date=December 26, 2015 }} Search for Pearl Jam and click Sök.

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scope="row"|Swiss Music DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2011&date=20111106 |title=Swiss Charts – Music DVD Top 10 06.11.2011 |work=Swisscharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=April 3, 2013}}

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scope="row"|UK Music Videos Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/video-archive-chart/_/29/2011-11-05/ |title=2011-11-05 Top 40 Music Video Archive | Official Charts |work=Official Charts Company |access-date=April 3, 2013}}

|3

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=video|title=Pearl Jam Twenty|artist=Pearl Jam|award=Platinum|certyear=2011|access-date=April 3, 2013}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|type=video|title=Pearl Jam Twenty|artist=Pearl Jam|award=Gold|certref={{cite web |url=http://artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/ |title=Top Oficial AFP |work=Artistas & Espectáculos |publisher=Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102051748/http://www.artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/ |archive-date=January 2, 2012 |access-date=April 3, 2013}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=video|title=Twenty|artist=Pearl Jam|award=Platinum|access-date=April 3, 2013}}

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|1417592|Pearl Jam 20}}

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