Product Details

• Actors: Neil Diamond
• Directors: Hamish Hamilton
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Columbia
• DVD Release Date: February 9, 2010
• Run Time: 143 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0030BOCE6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,643 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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HOT AUGUST NIGHT NYC - DVD Movie

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful concert!, February 1, 2010

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D. MCGUE (Mililani, Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neil Diamond: Hot August Night NYC- Live from Madison Square Garden (DVD)

Superb concert! Neil Diamond looks and sounds great! His voice has not changed! This DVD was recorded in 2008. The quality of the DVD is absolutely perfect in audio and video! He sang ALL his oldies, EXCEPT Hello Again, Shilo, Desiree, Longfellow Serenade, Heartlight, and September Morn. The audience at Madison Square Garden was clearly delighted!. I've been waiting for this since the Neil Diamond, Greatest Hits Live DVD of 1988 and I certainly was NOT disappointed!

Superb concert! Neil Diamond looks and sounds great! His voice has not changed! This DVD was recorded in 2008. The quality of the DVD is absolutely perfect in audio and video! He sang ALL his oldies, EXCEPT Hello Again, Shilo, Desiree, Longfellow Serenade, Heartlight, and September Morn. The audience at Madison Square Garden was clearly delighted!. I've been waiting for this since the Neil Diamond, Greatest Hits Live DVD of 1988 and I certainly was NOT disappointed!

The included CD, titled "Neil Diamond 10 Favorites", includes:
Cherry, Cherry
Shilo
Sweet Caroline
Hello Again
September Morn
Forever in Blue Jeans
Play Me
Pretty Amazing Grace
Love on the Rocks
America

In the "Welcome Home Neil" segment on the DVD, Neil Diamond revisits his childhood neighborhood and home in Brooklyn. It was cute that when he chatted with four African-American guys in their late teens, they "didn't have a clue" who he was. Later he chatted with his team and planned the concert.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars IT Was A Hot Augiust Night, July 6, 2010

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Bryan A. Pfleeger (Metairie, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neil Diamond: Hot August Night NYC- Live from Madison Square Garden (DVD)

Neil Diamond videos have been sort of hit or miss affairs over the years. Even though Diamond is known for doing great shows their power has not translated to video very well (see Greatest Hits Live). It can now be said that there is a Diamond concert video that captures the intensity of an actual show.

Shot by Hamish Hamilton,Hot August Night:NYC gives us a glimpse of the 2008 Tour in front of a hometown crowd who is in love with the entertainer. The show capures twenty-eight songs in just over two hours as Diamond takes us through most of his catalogue from his earliest hits to his latest Home Before Dark material. Backed by the band that has supported him for the past thirty years or so Diamond makes it look easy. The high point of the show is a rousing mid set Sweet Caroline that has the entire arena on its feet.

The only bonus feature is Neil Diamond Coming Home which takes the singer back to his old Brooklyn neighborhood and apartment fifty years later.

This is a worthwhile DVD to watch if you have an interest in one of America's most known singer songwriters.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars showing his age (for better and worse), March 14, 2010

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Drae J. Namaste-rose (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neil Diamond: Hot August Night NYC- Live from Madison Square Garden (DVD)

I own Neil Diamond Live in Australia 1976, Live Greatest Hits 1988 and now this one from 2008. All 3 show Neil at distinctly different stages of his career, all with the same band and background singers. Its interesting to see all 3 and compare. He's great in all 3 and he's schmaltzy in all 3 to some degree. He always has his charm and always has his very enthusiastic fans. This is good. Very good sometimes. But, in this one, he and his band are showing their age a bit, and sometimes its not very flattering. But.. They're out there and they're doing it and they're giving it their all which is impressive in its own right. And the song choices and the special feature of Neil going home show a reflective and bright person trying to show his appreciation for his past, his present and his future. I'd recommend getting all 3 if you are a fan of Neil. (I would not recommend getting the audio versions of Neil live though - too much hokey audience participation that is best appreciated in video, but not audio only.)