Shut Up and Play the Hits

On April 2nd 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensuring that the band would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of its career. The instantly sold out, near four-hour extravaganza did just that, moving the thousands in attendance to tears of joy and grief, with New York magazine calling the event a marvel of pure craft and TIME magazine lamenting we may never dance again. Documenting this once in a life time performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after, and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision. Written by Pulse Films Shut Up and Play the Hits is a 2012 English-language Documentary motion picture featuring Lcd Soundsystem, Chuck Klosterman, James Murphy, Keith Wood, Nancy Whang, Pat Mahoney and Kj Rothweiler. Pulse Films was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Lucas Ochoa, Thomas Benski, James Murphy and Terry Felgate. The movie is directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace. Oscilloscope acquired the distribution rights for the film. Shut Up and Play the Hits was released on 18th July 2012 and takes a screen time of 108 minutes. The motion picture made a box office gross of $0 million. Cinematography was done by Reed Morano and editing by Mark Burnett
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