Interview - Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty - Becoming Led Zeppelin

Becoming Led Zeppelin, the first official documentary sanctioned and approved by the legendary band, has surpassed all expectations. The film includes never-seen-before footage and new interviews with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones. Best of all, it includes unearthed interviews from the late, great drummer John Bonham, and it’s a wonderful, loving tribute to one of the greatest bands of all time. And the box office agrees.

“The first week was mad in IMAX in America,” the film’s director Bernard MacMahon tells CLASH. “It was completely sold out. It was made for IMAX, and that run sold out and by the end of the first week it was IMAX’s biggest music film of all time. Now it’s broken Sony Classics biggest music film of all time.”

“It’s absolutely incredible,” agrees producer and co-writer Allison McGourty. “I’m blown away and absolutely honoured. I’ve met people who have seen it, two, three, four, even five times. We worked really hard on this film but it’s just surpassed all our dreams and expectations. It’s mind-blowing.”

“The feeling of connection with all these people we’ve never met is extraordinary. By them going again and again, it tells us we were right to put all this work on. You have all these people who look at the world the same as you do,” Macmahon adds.

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