Product Details

• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
• DVD Release Date: February 20, 2007
• Run Time: 73 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MG2LJU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,467 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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BARRY WHITE STORY:LET THE MUSIC PLAY - DVD Movie

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazed and Astonished!!, February 22, 2007

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M. Jacobs (N N Va.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Barry White Story: Let the Music Play (DVD)

First of all, I'm an old school guy and a real music lover, whether it be R&B, Jazz, Classical and even sometimes country music. I've been listen to Barry White since 1960 for those of you who didn't know he had been out here that long. I have every one of his albums,every one!, and I have damn near wore them out. Please note, this is not a "Live Concert" by any means, it is an excellent documentary about the life and times of "The Maestro" himself. Please; if you were ever a Barry White fan, do not deprive yourself of buying this DVD. You will be completely "Astonished and Amazed",especially during the days leading up to the end of his life. I couldn't wait to tell somebody about it, well done!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Overview, February 26, 2007

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Barry White Story: Let the Music Play (DVD)

Classic Reflections on the Man&His Music. this is a Must have for all Barry White fans. I've been a fan of the Man's work for such a really long,long time.this DVD covers his career&also contains Interviews with other Industry Greats reflecting on the Man&His Music. I enjoyed the Project a Great Deal. RIP to the "MAESTRO". His Genius left a lasting impact.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Sadness behind the music of the sexiest composer in history, March 3, 2007

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Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... (Phila, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Barry White Story: Let the Music Play (DVD)

Barry White is one of those recording artists that you know the minute you hear him on the radio. As a major magazine said years ago, :For three years running the birth rate in the US increased 5% because of Barry White's records!". The guy ain't attractive - he's big with lots of hair but his voice can turn women of nearly every age and ethnicity into butter. And it's not just his voice. His INSTRUMENTAL hit "Love's Theme" is a standard now.

Okay, so you know the voice and the name but, like me, probably not much else - except that he died about 10 years ago.

This 2006 documentary produced by EagleVision and the UK's Channel 4 TV will tell you more than you'll ever want to know about the man. Using lots of archival footage of performances (mostly from a concert in Belgium), and narration from White himself for the first half of this 70 minute documentary, the producers have put together a complete picture of this artist beginning with his criminal record in his teens to the fight over access to him by his family in his last weeks of life. (Shades of the Anna Nicole Smith fiasco). We learn that his Business manager had his Power of Attorney and would not let his wife (they were separated) and children see him as he was dying.

Yep, mixed in with the music (no really complete performances) and comments on his music from Gamble & Huff and Smokey Robinson, among others, is a sad story. The bonus features are limited to 18 minutes of outtakes of partial performances and interviews.

Nicely done, it's definitely worth watching. It might have been improved by complete Music Videos that White produced to watch on repeated viewing.

But it's certainly priced right.

Steve Ramm "Anything Phonographic"