Film

Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie

1973 · 1h 1m · Music · Documentary

IMDb

6.9

By 1972, the seminal English glam-rock band T-Rex was at the height of what came to be known as "T-Rexstacy:" they had already scored three of their soon-to-be ten straight Top 10 hits. To celebrate their success, Bolan and T-Rex played two sold-out performances at London's Wembley Empire Pool, captured on film by none other than former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and released as the now-legendary concert film BORN TO BOOGIE. The only existing recording of a full T-Rex concert, BORN TO BOOGIE is centered around the dual live performances (with Ringo and Elton John guest starring on two tracks) and interspersed with an acoustic set filmed at John Lennon's mansion, goofy backstage footage of Bolan, and surreal sequences of nuns and dwarves inserted for visual effect.

Marc Bolan

Self (Archive Footage)

Elton John

Self

Ringo Starr

Self

Gloria Jones

• Ringo StarrDirector

Release date

April 15, 1973

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 1m

Rated

U

Genres

Music, Documentary