EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures will be releasing a brand new 4K restoration of Michael Gramaglia and Jim Field’s 2003 documentary, End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones later this year.
In addition, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the punk band’s first album. Also on Aug. 30, a group of artists including Cretin Family, Tim Armstrong, Billie Joe Armstrong, Travis Barker, and CJ Ramone will unite at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles to cover Ramones classics.
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The release will also mark the first time ever that the film will be available to rent and own on digital.
In 1974, the New York City music scene was shocked into consciousness by the violently new and raw sound of a band of misfits from Queens called the Ramones. Playing in a seedy Bowery bar to a small group of fellow struggling musicians, the band struck a chord of disharmony that rocked the foundation of the mid-seventies music scene. This quartet of unlikely rock stars traveled across the country and around the world connecting with the disenfranchised everywhere, while sparking a movement that would resonate with two generations of outcasts across the globe. Although the band never reached the top of the Billboard charts, they managed to endure in face of fleeting success and crushing interpersonal conflicts by maintaining a rigorous touring schedule for twenty-two years. End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones traces the history of the band, from its unlikely origins, through its star-crossed career, bitter demise and the sad fates of Joey and Dee Dee.
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones is also produced by Rosemary Quigley and Chinagraph NYC, and George Seminara. EPs are Jan Rofekamp, Diana Holtzberg, and Andrew Hurwitz.