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Hard Rock Treasures

Hard Rock Treasures is a documentary film about Don "The Indiana Jones of Rock 'n' Roll" Bernstine from Hard Rock Cafe, when he visits musicians to try to get memorabilia from them.

Hard Rock Treasures
Directed byMartin Melhuish
StarringDon Bernstine
Jeff Beck
Dimebag Darrell
James Hetfield
and Tony Iommi
Music byAlan Silvestri
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • August 8, 2005 (2005-08-08)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Some of the memorabilia he gets includes Freddie Mercury's stage pants, the Gibson guitar Tony Iommi used on the first four Black Sabbath albums, the car James Hetfield drives in the video for Metallica's song "I Disappear", Slipknot's stage masks, the bass guitar Michael Anthony used on the recording of Van Halen's 1984 album and a drum Ian Paice used on the recording for Deep Purple's Perfect Strangers album.

The scenes with Dimebag Darrell at his home was shot just months before he was murdered on stage, playing with Damageplan.

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Reception

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P. Hall of Video Librarian praised the film, giving it 3.5 stars out of four and writing, "While music lovers will enjoy the surplus of star power, the most fascinating aspect of this film is the rare glimpse afforded viewers into the guts of the Hard Rock operations, from the storage center for all of the memorabilia to the planning of which items are displayed in the company's various cafes, hotels, and casinos. Highly recommended."[1] In a positive review, Andy Cooper gave the film 4.5 stars out of five and wrote in Regina Leader-Post, "I don't care if this is 90 minutes of free advertising for the Hard Rock Cafe -- it's still a great little documentary about rock- and-roll royalty. From Elvis and the Beatles to Slayer and Madonna, this is the inside scoop on how Hard Rock gets the treasures that adorn the walls of its 138 restaurants."[2]

In News From Indian Country, Sandra Hale Schulman called the documentary "an entertaining and informative account about the music artifacts acquisition process" and said it was "an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at rock 'n' roll royalty and their most prized possessions".[3][4] Giving the film three stars out of four, Winston-Salem Journal's Ed Bumgardner, praised the film, stating, "the disc is an extended, undeniable advertisement for the international Hard Rock chain – but it's also a good one that wields appeal for casual fans and panting rock gearheads and geeks interested in rock's ephemera".[5]

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  1. ^ Hall, P. (March–April 2007). "Hard Rock Treasures". Video Librarian. Vol. 22, no. 2. p. 72. ISSN 0887-6851. EBSCOhost 24624827.
  2. ^ Cooper, Andy (2007-02-03). "Every picture tells a story: DVD Reviews". Regina Leader-Post. p. A8. ProQuest 349910775.
  3. ^ Hale Schulman, Sandra (2007-04-02). "Grammy award-winning recording artist Micki Free donates memorabilia to Seminole Tribe of Florida". News From Indian Country. pp. 19–20. ProQuest 367348910.
  4. ^ Hale Schulman, Sandra (2007-04-02). "Hard Rock Treasures DVD Released". News From Indian Country. p. 20. ProQuest 367349002.
  5. ^ Bumgardner, Ed (2006-10-05). "Hard Rock Treasures - Ok, It's an Ad, Sure, but It's Good". Winston-Salem Journal. Archived from the original on 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
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