According to the
Hollywood Reporter,
Sony Pictures Classics has nabbed North American, Latin American, Australian/New Zealand and South African rights to a new documentary focusing on
LED ZEPPELIN guitar player
Jimmy Page,
U2 guitarist
The Edge and
WHITE STRIPES axeman
Jack White. The film, titled
"It Might Get Loud", first screened in May at the
Cannes Film Festival in France while searching for distribution. Directed by
Davis Guggenheim, who won an
Oscar for making the
Al Gore documentary
"An Inconvenient Truth", the film looks at the history of the guitar through the eyes of the three musicians profiled.
According to
The Playlist film music blog,
Page,
White and
The Edge were each picked for their contributions to guitar playing in three separate eras —
Page in the '70s,
The Edge in the '80s and '90s, and
White in the early years of the 21st century.
The movie was shot in London, Dublin, Nashville and Los Angeles.
Video footage of
Jimmy Page,
The Edge and
Jack White at
Toronto Film Festival talking about
"It Might Get Loud" can be viewed below.
