Product Details

• Actors: Dispatch
• Directors: Danny Clinch
• Format: Dolby, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Concert Hot Spot
• DVD Release Date: January 29, 2008
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0010S9CFU
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,436 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Dispatch Zimbabwe documents this unprecedented three-night benefit event reuniting members of Dispatch for a weekend around a cause. The music world was rocked when Dispatch became the first independent band to sell-out the legendary arena (three nights no-less)! More importantly, they proved the healing power of music as the band and fans collectively raised funds and awareness for poverty stricken Zimbabwe. Now available in high definition, fans who made it to the concerts (and those who didn't) can experience the magic in the highest quality available!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome HD DVD experience...for the FAN of Dispatch, February 12, 2008

By	RMurray847 "afilmcritic.com" (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

If you are not a fan of Dispatch or are just totally unfamiliar with their music...then this is not the product for you. If you're curious about their music, I'd highly recommend starting with a couple of their studio albums. If you end up really liking that, and would like to see them "in concert", then this HD DVD would be a good way to go.

If you're ALREADY a fan (like me)...and you happen to have HD DVD...then you pretty much MUST own this disc!! Because it was filmed in HD to start with, the visuals are absolutely awesome. For example, with on number, the 3 bandmates head out into the audience of Madison Square Garden and actually perform standing in the aisles a couple of levels up. The camera is able to get in very close and you really pretty much feel you are there. Obviously this is a little exagerration...but the clarity of the HD takes the video concert experience up a significant level. It just simply adds an immediacy that you can't beat.

The concert itself is good as well. I think some of their previous live albums have sounded a little tighter (these guys had broken up, after all, and reformed for this fundraiser)...but they are very able musicians and still sound very good. The set list includes all the "musts" from their career. There is some lengthy preconcert, backstage footage that is nothing super special...but again, if you're a fan of these guys, spending any time with them is a plus.

This is a due format disc, so the other side does have standard DVD. I did not look at this at all, so I can't tell you anything about it.

Again, if you're a Dispatch fan...you really need to give this thing a look-see. I enjoyed the show, and really enjoyed the added bonus of super-sharp HD.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As if you were really there!, February 4, 2008

By	Adam Miarka "ajmiarka" (Fishers, IN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Anyone that is considered a Dispatch or State Radio fan would do well to get this concert on disc. The music and the picture quality is amazing! I have never seen Dispatch play live, but this is the closest I'll ever get. All of their high profile songs are there: Elias, Flying Horses, and of course The General. You not only get to feel the music, you get to see how each of the band members interact with each other. It really was a great experience to watch this and I highly recommend it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!! Buy it!!, August 23, 2008

By	Forman "Forrest" (Menlo Park, California USA) - See all my reviews

This is my favorite band and will always be my favorite band. Some of the best versions are on this DVD such as flying horses, Waddya wanna be, General, Elias, Bats in the Belfry, and many others. I definitely encourage anyone who has heard, listened, or loves Dispatch, already to buy this DVD. The only problem is that is does not come with the audio CD, but i believe that the HD quality makes up for it!!!!!!