Neil Young - Heart of Gold (2006)
Shakey Pictures

Description

Academy-award winning director Jonathan Demme beautifully captures Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legend, Neil Young as he prepares and presents the performance of a lifetime with the help of his wife Peggi and friends country star Emmylou Harris, steel guitarist Ben Keith and more at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry.

Tags

Concert film

Collected reviews and ratings

10 Variety | Robert Koehler

The concert film has never looked or sounded classier than Jonathan Demme's superbly crafted "Neil Young: Heart of Gold."
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10 The Onion A.V. Club | Keith Phipps

It's hard to film icons like Young as anything but icons, but Demme's film gets past the legend, zooming in on Young's aged, heroic face and finding an artist as human as the rest of us.
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10 Amazon user reviews

From the opening interview snippets to the final scene of Neil Young alone on stage, Jonathan Demme, as one would expect, has created a masterpiece, a film suitable to its subject.
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9.2 Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

It requires a stretch of the memory muscles to recall when a concert movie could be an event, but occasionally you see one that bubbles to life.
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9.2 DVD Verdict | Russell Engebretson

An extraordinary musical portrait of an artist's soul - and a must-have concert film for any serious music fan.
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9.0 Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

"Neil Young: Heart of Gold" is a concert film and something more. It's the record of a life, a musical and spiritual autobiography, and as directed by Jonathan Demme it taps into the kind of unashamed, unsentimental emotion that's become increasingly rare in films of any kind.
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8.8 Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

Demme is there to catch every note of bruising beauty. You don't just hear it in the music, you see it etched in Young's face. This is more than a movie, it's a privilege.
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8.8 TV Guide | Ken Fox

Young returns to the screen in peak form in Jonathan Demme's warm and surprisingly intimate concert film, shot at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry.
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8.0 New York Times | Manohla Dargis

At one point, during one of his occasional verbal rambles, he says half-jokingly, half-defensively that he's got some love songs left in him. This film, which is at once a valentine from one artist to another and a valentine from a musician to his audience, is surely proof that he does.
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6.0 Empire | Ross Bennett

Shows the famed songwriter's performance and work off with reverance, and a faithfullness to the live experience.
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6.0 BBC | Matt McNally

Neil Young has experimented with film many times, but this is by far the most accessible cinematic treatment of his music; a troubadour at the top of his game.
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