THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION (4 DVD COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 2015
• Genre: Documentary, Music
• Plot: 'THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION MAY MAKE WESTERN CIVILIZATION LOOK LIKE IT ALREADY BYPASSED THE DECLINE STAGE AND WENT DIRECTLY TO STARK, RAVING KABLOOEY.' - Peter Stack, S.F. Chronicle; ; Penelope Spheeris' DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION was perceived as shocking and outrageous at the time of its original release in 1981. PARTS II and III were no less extraordinary and unprecedented. Today, museums and educational institutions around the world present them as historically significant works of art. Featuring some of the most influential and innovative musicians and groups of all time - Germs, Black Flag, X, Fear, Circle Jerks, Alice Cooper, Lemmy, Poison and members of Aerosmith and KISS - these riveting, unflinching, hard-core films adeptly captured the spirit of a major cultural phenomenon. ; ; Now for the first time, all three films are available in one deluxe box set. They have been restored in high definition, preserving the spirit of the rebellious times in which they were filmed. This is an immersive tour of some of the most revolutionary film-making and music of our time.
• Cast: Alice Bag Band, Alice Bag, Claude Bessey, Black Flag, Don Bolles, Dinah Cancer, Exene Cervenka, Circle Jerks, Philo Cramer, Darby Crash, John Doe, Lorna Doom, Fear, Frank Gargani, Bill Gazzarri, The Germs, Michelle Baer Ghaffari, Greg Ginn, Greg Hetson, Craig Lee, Lucky Lehrer, Keith Morris, Nicole Panter, Phranc, Ron Reyes, Roger Rogerson, Rick Schmidlin, Derf Scratch, Pat Smear, Lee Ving, X, Billy Zoom, Penelope Spheeris
• Director: Penelope Spheeris
• Runtime: 4:39
• Company: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie