Immediate Family

[Plays Nov. 15 at 9:30 p.m. at the IFC Center and Nov. 16 at 1:45 p.m. at the Cinépolis Chelsea during the DOC NYC Festival that runs Nov. 9-27; for information, log on to www.docnyc.net.] Denny Tedesco's entertaining, informative, insightful, behind-the-scenes, fascinating, in-depth, 102-minute documentary sequel to The Wrecking Crew in which musical artists Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, and Steve Postell discuss and explore the history of rock music from the 1960s to the 1980s through archival film footage, song snippets by various musical artists (such as The Immediate Family, James Taylor, Carole King, Liberace, The Everly Brothers, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Phil Collins, Bill Withers, Jimmy Buffet, The Section, and Crosby, Stills, & Nash), animation clips, and great commentary by actor and musician Billy Bob Thornton, producers and engineers Val Garay and Niko Bolas, producer Lou Adler, composer Mike Post, musicians and record producers Peter Asher and Danny ‘Kootch' Kortchmar, producer and songwriter Russ Titelman, producer and record executive Lenny Waronker, and singers and songwriters, including Lyle Lovett, Phil Collins, Don Henley, Neil Young, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Keith Richards, Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt, and Carole King.
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