Shakey Pictures, Trafalgar Releasing, and Warner Records announced today that Daryl Hannah’s feature-length cinéma vérité documentary Coastal will be presented in movie theaters worldwide on April 17th for a special one-night only event. The film follows Neil Young, on his solo “Coastal” tour of the West Coast.
Tickets for Neil Young: Coastal are on sale now. Please visit www.CoastalTheMovie.com for ticketing and the most up-to-date information about participating theaters.
The film had its world premiere screening out of the Woodstock Film Festival in October 2024 and its West Coast premiere in February at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Coastal takes you on an intimate journey with maverick musician Neil Young. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker and Young’s wife, Daryl Hannah, Coastal offers a behind the curtain glimpse of this unguarded iconoclast, as he navigates a return to the stage post-Covid. Join Neil Young in his private refuge, his silver eagle tour bus, where his impromptu observations on the bus naturally evolve into his candid, wry banter with his audience. The illuminating film also features songs rarely, if ever played live, performed in breathtakingly beautiful theaters.
Coastal finds moving, human moments in the most prosaic details of life on the road. An insight into the coexistence of loneliness and humor of a solo tour. The amalgamation of the up-close concert footage and behind the scenes footage create a deeply personal experience.
The documentary is produced by Gary Ward, edited by Rachel Simmer, with cinematography by Adam CK Vollick and Daryl Hannah.
“With Coastal I wanted to highlight Neil’s authenticity, openness and vulnerability as a person, musician and performer,” Director Daryl Hannah said in a statement. “He is as pure and honest as they come. Deeply devoted to his musical muse, which at times presented a challenge in capturing the songs, as we never knew what he might play or what instruments he’d pick up next. But what we were able to capture has an unpretentious magic that reveals the truth, sentiment and emotions in these hidden gems as well as a close up look at a performer who plays from the heart with a total lack of pretense.”
Hannah’s feature film directorial work includes the poetic film Paradox, as well as documentaries Mountaintop, which takes an unfiltered look at Neil Young’s process with Crazy Horse making their first album in seven years, and the Grammy Nominated film - Barn which follows the band recording their homonymous album Barn in their element, in a restored 19th century log barn standing in the wilderness, under the full moon.
About Shakey Pictures
Shakey Pictures began in 1971 with Neil Young and Larry Johnson during the production of their first film ‘Journey Through the Past’. Shakey Pictures has made music a big part of many films. Sometimes described as documentary-fantasy hybrids, Human Highway, Rust Never Sleeps, A Rusted Out Garage, Greendale and Harvest Time, directed by Bernard Shakey, are among the forty films in Shakey Pictures’ 50 plus year history. Currently in production is a full length documentary, ‘The Ride’.
Shakey Pictures is now presenting ‘Coastal’, an inside and personal music touring documentary, revealing the detail and beauty of the music and performing spaces as well, artistically directed by Daryl Hannah.
About Trafalgar Releasing
Trafalgar Releasing, the global leader in event cinema distribution, harnesses the power of cinema to bring fans together in more than 15,000 cinemas across 132 countries. A subsidiary of Trafalgar Entertainment, Trafalgar Releasing’s operations include production, acquisition, marketing, and distribution of live or pre-recorded content to cinemas worldwide led by an international team based in the UK, US and Germany. Featuring live concerts, music documentaries, world-class opera, award-winning theatre, and more from leading names in entertainment such as Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, BTS, Metallica, Oasis, Coldplay, Billie Eilish, the Royal Opera House and others, Trafalgar Releasing has repeatedly shattered event cinema box office records, most recently with international distribution for TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR, the highest-grossing concert film of all time. Information about Trafalgar Releasing can be found at www.trafalgar-releasing.com.
About Warner Records
In the early 1960s, Warner Records revolutionized the music industry. Rather than adhering to the practice of the times – signing artists who could be shaped for a mainstream audience – Warner signed trailblazers and visionaries, and gave them complete creative control. After acquiring Frank Sinatra’s Reprise Records and tapping its head, Mo Ostin, to run Warner, it became the most successful label in the history of the American record industry,
Led by Ostin and an A&R team that included producer Lenny Waronker, the early Warner Records catalog included debut albums by Peter, Paul and Mary, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and the Grateful Dead as well as Are You Experienced, the first Jimi Hendrix album available in the United States. During Ostin's tenure, he and Waronker signed or oversaw the signing of Randy Newman, the Who, Van Dyke Parks, Van Halen, Cher, Fleetwood Mac, Funkadelic, REM, Prince, Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Tom Petty, among many others. And, while the label racked up many gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums, Warner was never just about sales; with a roster that later included Michael Bublé, Linkin Park, Deftones, Brandy Clark, Mac Miller, Josh Groban, Andra Day, Gary Clark Jr., and Green Day, Warner has always been music-first.
A division of Warner Music, Aaron Bay-Schuck (co-Chairman & CEO) and Tom Corson (co-Chairman & COO) have served as co-chairman of the label since 2018. In 2019, along with a move from its longtime headquarters in the San Fernando Valley suburb of Burbank to the vibrant downtown Los Angeles arts district, the Warner Bros. Records logo was redesigned and its name changed to Warner Records. Despite the changes, the label’s music-first past has remained intact as groundbreaking Warner artists such as Zach Bryan, Dua Lipa, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims, Rufus Du Sol, Omar Apollo, and NLE Choppa, among others, define the future.
For further information on the theatrical screenings, please contact:
For further information on Coastal: The Soundtrack:
Rick Gershon at Warner/Reprise Records | Rick.Gershon@warnerrecords.com
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