Product Details

• Actors: Carlos Larkin, Ken Testi, J.J. Jackson, Brian May, Mike Read
• Writers: Ken Sharp, Mark McLaughlin
• Producers: Dante J. Pugliese, Ken Sharp, Mark McLaughlin
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Czech, Hungarian
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: PASSPORT VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: June 8, 2004
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001NIUWG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,023 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Becoming Queen" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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BECOMING QUEEN - DVD Movie

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just lovely!!, June 16, 2004

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Stephen V. Waters Jr. (Alexandria, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Becoming Queen (DVD)

Wasn't expecting this "unauthorized" Queen DVD to be as good as It really is. Nothing spectacular, yet interesting. Talks about where each of the guys come from, then as Smile....and so on and so on. Many interesting people interviewed on this DVD. Including Tim Staffel, Ibex members, and etc...I just received this in the mail a few hours ago...and just finished watching it. I could watch it once again. I think it's puts into perspective just how big Queen really is..and will always be. Especially Freddie's always knowing behavior or what the right thing to do was....and we all know now just how correct he was! Of course I'm still sitting here wanting more and more info and more to watch about Queen and Freddie. But for a quick $16.00 or so....I now feel special as to having this DVD. I think any Queen fan could and would appreciate this one. I now feel that much closer to Queen as a fan and will always love Queen for what they have done and what they are continually doing. This is from a young 21 year old Queen fan. This DVD is essential to any true Queen collector or fan!!!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could Have Been a Contender, September 5, 2005

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Paul J. Mazzoni "bologna4" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Becoming Queen (DVD)

It's surprising that I even gave this two stars without it having even a tiny snippet of Queen music. While I am a huge Queen fan, I would be embarrassed watching it with someone who did not know what they sound like. But with that said, there were some positives to be found in this somewhat odd documentary.

I was very impressed with the time spent discussing the previous endeavors of the band members (love that baby picture of Freddie Mercury). Good interviews with their ex-bandmates as well. But when the focus turned to Queen, I think it fell apart at the seams. It moved too quickly through the band's later albums. The biggest problem, however, is it became more of a biography on Freddie Mercury. It was all Freddie this, Freddie that, etc., etc. Rather than talk about one of their biggest albums, "The Game", the documentary chose to talk about how Freddie changed his image at the time of the album. In fact, at that point in the documentary, you would be hard pressed to gain an iota of information on any of the other band members. John Deacon, who wrote a #1 song for them in the 1980's ("Another One Bites the Dust") was barely mentioned in the entire documentary.

I would have really liked to have learned more about the other members of the band. After all, the documentary starts out by saying that each member was very integral to the success of Queen. But you would never know that from watching this documentary.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moving and Insightful, November 4, 2004

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markness "markness" (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Becoming Queen (DVD)

I agree with the other two reviews here but I have to upgrade the stars because although it contains no Queen music, this documentary goes into wonderful depth of the often glossed over pre-Queen years of Smile, Ibex and other bands. There are in-depth interviews with people who were there and they have a unique perspective on the personalities of this amazing band. This is not a typical unauthorized quickie, but a well produced documentary giving a unique angle on the history of the band. There are also lots of great archival interviews with the band members. I was touched by this film as it reminded me of the incredible legacy of Freddie Mercury.