Product Details

• Actors: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Jason Newsted, Michael Kamen
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Digital Sound
• Language: Unknown (Dolby Digital 2.0), Unknown (Dolby Digital 5.1), Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English, German
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Elektra/Asylum
• DVD Release Date: June 20, 2000
• Run Time: 191 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (178 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00002ZMNV
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,077 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #35 in Music > Hard Rock & Metal > Thrash & Speed Metal
• For more information about "Metallica - S & M with the San Francisco Symphony" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Did you hear the one about the rock band that wanted to play with a symphony? metallica never resting never ceasing to innovate or amaze returns with an extraordinary document of their concert with the san francisco symphony. Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 07/29/2008 Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

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73 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Michael Kamen and Wayne Isham are GENIUSES!, May 28, 2000

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Ibraheem Al-Ammar - See all my reviews

This review is from: Metallica: S & M With The San Francisco Symphony (Concert) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The direction is simply stunning.The director of Metallica's Cunning Stunts stretches more direction muscle here.The editing is also excellent.

Pros:

*It's a Metallica greatest hits concert!

*The San Fransisco Symphony were amazing.I've never seen an orchestra play so fast.

*The lights,editing,direction,effects and the whole setting in general were brilliant.

*Jaymz' voice was so terrific.Sometimes deep(most of the time),sometimes touching(Nothing Else Matters,No Leaf Clover) and sometimes powerful(The Thing That Should Not Be,Master of Puppets,-Human).

Cons:

*Why couldn't we see a lot of Jason in the beginning of "For Whom The Bell Tolls"?

*"Of Wolf And Man" shouldn't have been changed.It's the perfect Metallica song.

*James still hasn't perfected the part "sleep with one eye open,gripping your pillow tight---exit:light,enter:night".It's not the same as the original.In the original,the word "light" seems to be extended,like this :"Eeeeexit liiiiight!".

About the S&M documentary,it's outstanding.The pre-show and post-show doc's have always been so much fun.

My advice: watch the documentary first and then the concert. I regret watching the concert first. Don't make my mistake.

And about the memorable moments in my review of the S&M audio CD,I forgot to add to them Lars' staggeringly fast rolls in "Fuel", "Master of Puppets", "For Whom the Bell Tolls", and a lot others.

By the way, was it just me, or was James having a blast performing "The Thing That Should Not Be"? I like it when he jumps.

Also, add to the phenomenal songs, "Battery". "Devil's Dance" and "Enter Sandman" were also very cool.

By the way,I changed my mind:I think that Hammett's original "Of Wolf And Man" solo was better than S&M's.(I said the opposite in my cd review)

If you ask me what's THE most memorable moment of the concert,it's definitely that part of "Of Wolf And Man" where James says "...so seek the wolf in thyseeeeeeeeeeeelf!" with the symphony building up.And the best part in this part is Jason's background scream.What a rush!

Bottom line:this is one unbelievable epic.I can't recommend it higher.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD for the best CD ever!, July 1, 2000

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"smackdown221" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Metallica - S & M with the San Francisco Symphony (DVD)

If you liked the S&M CD I guarantee you that you will like the DVD even more. If you have seen the VHS version or if you own it, you might just think it is the same thing in higher quality on DVD, but there is much more. This video has so many great special features. My favorite was the way you can filter the audio to hear only the symphony without Metallica, or only Metallica without the symphony. The first thing I did was listen to "No Leaf Clover" without the symphony. Another really cool feature is the angle changes that you can do on select songs. You can watch certain songs at 5 different angles. The first is the original edited camera views, but you can also watch these songs with the camera focused on one of the four band members, James, Lars, Jason, and Kirk. The DVD also features an excellent behind the scenes documentary featuring interviews with the band and with conductor Michael Kamen about preparation for the concert and how it all came to be. Even if you already have the VHS version, I would still get this DVD if I were you. The video quality and sound quality both greatly surpass that of the VHS version. This is a DVD that no Metallica fan should go without.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must, January 10, 2000

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Jens Kristjánsson (Iceland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Metallica - S & M with the San Francisco Symphony (Explicit Version) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Having been fans of both heavier classical music and heavy metal for over two decades, it was positively astounding for us to see those two worlds merge into one in this great video. We have always been partial to The Call of Ktulu, Master of Puppets and For Whom the Bell Tolls, but watching them performed here shed an entirely new light on the musical structure, for the first time bringing to light what those songs actually contain. And the new song, No Leaf Clover - well, you will just have to experience it for yourself. Lastly it must be said that Metallica, in our view, have never in their entire career performed as they do here. They have always been good, on quite a few occasions terriffic - but this, ladies and gentlemen, this has simply to be seen to be believed. A word of advice: please view this on a powerful surround system and a big, quality monitor. To reap the full benefits of this performance, we believe it to be absolutely essential.