I Need That Record! (2008)

I Need That Record!

Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a vanishing subculture...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade," (Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe). A tour-de-force tale of greed, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, downloading, and technological shifts in the music industry told through candid interviews, crestfallen record store owners, startling statistics, and eye-popping animation. Fat cats or our favorite record stores? You decide. Featuring- IAN MACKAYE, NOAM CHOMSKY, MIKE WATT, THURSTON MOORE, LENNY KAYE (Patti Smith), CHRIS FRANTZ (Talking Heads), GLENN BRANCA, PATTERSON HOOD (Drive By Truckers), PAT CARNEY (Black Keys) , LEGS MCNEIL, BOB GRUEN, BP HELIUM, and many indie record stores across the U.S.

Casting arrow_drop_down

Glenn Branca
as Himself

Pat Carney
as Self

Noam Chomsky
as Himself

Chris Frantz
as Himself

Bob Gruen
as Self

Patterson Hood
as Self

Lenny Kaye
as Himself

Ian MacKaye
as Himself

Legs McNeil
as Self

Thurston Moore
as Himself

Malcolm Tent
as Self

Mike Watt
as Self

arrow_drop_down

Crew arrow_drop_down

Brendan Toller
Director

Brendan Toller
Producer

Brendan Toller
Editor

Andrew Marino
Producer

Brendan Toller
Cinematography

Jeff Slocum
Producer

Keith Overton
Associate Producer

arrow_drop_down