Born to Boogie is a 1972 British concert film about a concert at the Empire Pool starring T. Rex, Marc Bolan, Ringo Starr and Elton John. Directed by Starr himself, the movie was released on The Beatles' Apple Films label.

Born to Boogie
DVD cover
Directed by	Ringo Starr
Produced by	Ringo Starr
Starring	T. Rex Marc Bolan Ringo Starr Elton John
Cinematography	Michael J. Davis Mike Dodds Nicholas D. Knowland Richard Stanley Ringo Starr Jeremy Stavenhagen
Edited by	Graham Gilding
Distributed by	Apple Corps
Release date	18 December 1972
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Content

Born to Boogie consists of concert footage, of two shows of the band at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London in March 1972. Next to this features excerpts of studio scenes with jams of Bolan with Ringo Starr on drums and Elton John on piano, filmed at the Apple Studios in Savile Row, London;[1] and various vignettes reminiscent of The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, shot at Denham and Tittenhurst Park, Sunninghill. The Tea Party sequence was filmed at John Lennon's estate in the same spots as Lennon's "Imagine" video was filmed.

Release

The UK premiere was held at Oscar's Cinema in Brewer Street, Soho on 14 December 1972,[1] attended by T. Rex, Ringo Starr and Elton John.

The film was released on DVD in 2005 including the two London concerts in full plus footage presented by Bolan's son, Rolan Bolan. There is no appearance on the extra material from director Ringo Starr.

The cover and DVD animations were designed and produced by Bose Collins.

References

External links

• Born to Boogie at IMDb

Sources

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