Charlie Is My Darling (film)

Charlie Is My Darling, directed by Peter Whitehead and produced by the Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, was the first documentary film about the Rolling Stones. The film was shot during the bands second tour of Ireland that year, onandSeptember 1965, and was finished in the spring of 1966. It was given its premiere at the Mannheim Film Festival in October 1966, but was never released officially in its full length, due to the legal fights between the Rolling Stones and Allen Klein and a burglary in Andrew Loog Oldhams office, which saw all prints disappear. Shorter versions have circulated since then, however.

The restored version premiered at the Walter Reade Theater in New York City onSeptember 2012, as part of the 2012 New York Film Festival, and was released on DVD and Bluray in November 2012. OnNovember 2012, it was shown by BBC Two as part of BBCs The Rolling Stones at 50 celebrations. According to BBCs website, it was the first TV broadcast of the 47yearold documentary.

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