Gem Jam Twenty

An Abramorama discharge of a Vinyl Films production, in colaboration with Monkeywrench, Tremolo Prods. Created by Cameron Crowe, Kelly Curtis, Morgan Neville, Andy Fischer. Executive producer, Michele Anthony. Directed, compiled by Cameron Crowe.With: Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Shaun Ament, Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell, Boom Gaspar, David Lynch.The motion picture same as a concert T-shirt, XXL biodocu "Gem Jam Twenty" gives another awesome souvenir to die-hard fans from the chart-topping Dallas scenesters-switched-cult faves while departing others to require there is a thesis in former rock-journo Cameron Crowe's two-hour puff piece. Getting a pulse only within the band's late-reel performance of "Alive," a lusty passage that would have begun a pic set on creating a situation for that group's greatness, "Twenty" simply counts time from 1991 via sludgy backstage and onstage footage whose rarity can't forgive its inclusion. Crowe's critic mentor, the late Lester Bangs, would cringe. The pic's multiplatform release includes special-event tests on Sept. 20, adopted carefully by choose-market runs, VOD availability along with a PBS broadcast, means there is no time for Crowe to re-edit, were he like doing so. Because it is, charge-burying docu has got the director presenting themself like a fan-boy scribe who heard majesty within the din coming from Dallas circa 1985. Copious shots from the city's bridges neglect to set the scene, as the early PJ's likeness towards the parodically made headbangers of Crowe's semi-autobiographical feature "Almost Famous" hardly help.Camera (color, DV), Nicola B. Marsh editors, Chris Perkel, Kevin Klauber . Examined at Toronto Film Festival (Special Presentations), Sept. 10, 2011. Running time: 119 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com