Following the previously released announcement and trailer to the Beastie Boys Story documentary, fans have been blessed by Apple TV to get an extended first look at the Spike Jonze-directed film.
The "extended" look, runs for just under 3 minutes, but the information and emotion were packed in densely. Viewers should have a good idea of what to expect going into the film, a little bit of every emotion.
View this post on InstagramThe extended-trailer follows the journey of the Beastie Boys while featuring live-narration from the groups surviving members, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond. The duo talk freely on stage in front of a live audience at the King’s Theatre in Brooklyn, New York. They reflect on a slideshow of memories that is present behind them. The slideshow is set to be made up of entirely Spike Jonze collected footage.
In addition to the documentary film, Jonze and the Beastie Boys will be releasing a photo book, that will again be made up of exclusively Jonze-captured material. The book is already available for preorder here.
The Beastie Boys Story documentary was set to debut at SXSW later this month, but due to the coronavirus-scares, the movie has been pulled from screenings. It will now be released at select IMAX theaters on April 2nd then will be available for streaming on Apple TV+ on April 24th.
The First Trailer For The "Beastie Boys Story" Has Arrived: Watch The Video
Get ready for Ad-Rock & Mike D to take their fans on a historic journey in the new “Beastie Boys Story” documentary.
What originally started as a four-piece hardcore punk band known as the Young Aborigines morphed into a three-man hip-hop group that would claim their legendary status in the music industry years later as the Beastie Boys. Now, Apple TV+ has revealed the first-ever trailer for the upcoming documentary starring Michael “Mike D” Diamond, Adam “MCA” Yauch, and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz entitled the Beastie Boys Story (2020).
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In the documentary, surviving members, Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz will narrate the world-renowned hip-hop group’s journey over the course of their four-decade friendship and business relationship. The documentary directed by Spike Jonze is also responsible for directing the following music videos for the Beastie Boys; “Time for Livin’,” “Sabotage,” “Ricky’s Theme,” “Sure Shot,” the second version of “Root Down,” and “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win.”
If it wasn’t for the Beastie Boys’ willingness to experiment with hip-hop and create “Cookie Puss,” the three-man collective most likely wouldn’t have sold 50 million albums worldwide. From 1986 to 2004, the “Intergalactic” rappers curated seven platinum-selling albums making them one of the longest-lived hip-hop collectives in mainstream music. In 2012, the Beastie Boys became the third hip-hop act in history to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Unfortunately,on May 4, 2012, group member Adam “MCA” Yauch passed away from cancer at the age of 47-years-old, which eventually led to the disbandment of the iconic hip-hop group. Since then, Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz have kept the brand’s name alive curating sneakers, books, and more.
The Beastie Boys Story is set to premiere on Apple TV+ on April 24. Check out the trailer below.
Beastie Boys Announce Upcoming Photo Compilation Book With Spike Jonze
The book will be released in March.
The Beastie Boys have teamed up with frequent collaborator, Spike Jonze, to release a compilation book of photos from various monumental moments of the group’s history. The book, called Beastie Boys, will include over 200 shots taken by Jonze of the Beasties throughout their extensive career, including photos from the shoot for the music video of their 1994 song, “Sabotage,” which Jonze directed, as well as from the cover shoot for their 1999 greatest hits album, The Sounds of Science. Jonze has written the afterword for the book, and surviving Beastie Boys members Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz have contributed text as well.
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In a press release, the group described the project as such: “This book shows the greatest act of the hip hop generation in their truest colors as only a close friend could see them. From going on stage at Lollapalooza to writing together at Mike D’s apartment; getting into character for a video to dressing up as old men to hit the basketball court; recording an album in the studio in Los Angeles to goofing around the streets of New York.”
Beastie Boys will hit stands Rizzoli on March 17th, 2020. This book follows the 2018 release of the Beastie Boys’ memoir called Beastie Boys Book, written and curated by Mike-D and Ad-Rock. The nearly-600-page “collection of photos, interviews, and ephemera” also featured contributions from Jonze, as well. Mike-D and Ad-Rock took the memoir on the road in 2019 for a series of “Beastie Boys Story” shows directed by Jonze.
