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Director
  
Paul Crowder

Music director
  
Billy Joel

Writer
  
Mark Monroe

Language
  
English

7.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Documentary, Music

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

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Release date
  
April 26, 2010 (2010-04-26) (Tribeca) October 21, 2010 (2010-10-21) (United States)

Directors
  
Paul Crowder, Greg Whiteley

Producers
  
Billy Joel, Nigel Sinclair, Steve Cohen

Cast
  
Alec Baldwin
,
Tony Bennett
,
Garth Brooks
,
Roger Daltrey

Similar movies
  
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The Last Play at Shea is a 2010 documentary film written by Mark Monroe, directed by Paul Crowder, produced by Steve Cohen and Nigel Sinclair, in conjunction with Billy Joel's Maritime Pictures and Spitfire Films. The film is centered on Billy Joel's 2008 concerts of the same name that occurred at Shea Stadium. The shows were staged on July 16 and 18, 2008, before a combined 110,000 fans, and were the last performances ever to play the historic stadium before it was demolished. The film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2010. The film was released on DVD on February 8, 2011. The CD and DVD from the show were released on March 8, 2011 by Sony.

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The film premiered on August 21, 2010 at Citi Field, Shea Stadium's successor, in front of around 20,000 moviegoers. Earlier that day, Joel watched it himself and there was an announcement from him that he liked it and said "I haven't puked from it," which was shown right before the film.

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Synopsis

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The 90-minute film uses historical footage and animation. It uses the concerts to tell a broader story of Shea Stadium's history and how that related to changes that occurred in American suburban life and how they affected Long Island and Billy Joel. The film reveals several previously unknown facts.

Musicians

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  • Billy Joel - piano, harmonica, vocals
  • Tony Bennett – vocal - "New York State of Mind"
  • Garth Brooks – vocals - "Shameless"
  • Roger Daltrey – vocals - "My Generation"
  • John Mayer – "This Is the Time"
  • Paul McCartney – bass, vocal "I Saw Her Standing There"; piano, vocal "Let It Be",
  • John Mellencamp – "Pink Houses"
  • Steven Tyler – vocals - "Walk This Way"

    • Songs

  • 1. "Prelude/Angry Young Man"
  • 2. "My Life"
  • 3. "Summer, Highland Falls"
  • 4. "Everybody Loves You Now"
  • 5. "Zanzibar"
  • 6. "New York State of Mind" (with Tony Bennett)
  • 7. "Allentown"
  • 8. "The Ballad of Billy the Kid"
  • 9. "She's Always a Woman"
  • 10. "Goodnight Saigon"
  • 11. "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)"
  • 12. "Shameless" (with Garth Brooks)
  • 13. "This Is the Time" (with John Mayer)
  • 14. "Keeping the Faith"
  • 15. "Captain Jack"
  • 16. "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"
  • 17. "The River of Dreams"/"A Hard Day's Night"
  • 18. "We Didn't Start the Fire"
  • 19. "You May Be Right"
  • 20. "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
  • 21. "Only the Good Die Young"
  • 22. "I Saw Her Standing There" (with Paul McCartney)
  • 23. "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
  • 24. "Piano Man"
  • 25. "Let It Be" (with Paul McCartney)

    • References

    The Last Play at Shea Wikipedia
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