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{{Infobox film
| name = Freebird... The Movie
| image = Freebird Cover.jpg
| caption =
| director = Jeff G. Waxman
| producer = Jeff G. Waxman
| writer = Sanford Santacroce
| starring = [[Allen Collins]] [[Steve Gaines]] [[Billy Powell]] [[Artimus Pyle]] [[Gary Rossington]] [[Ronnie Van Zant]] [[Leon Wilkeson]] [[JoJo Billingsley]] [[Cassie Gaines]] [[Leslie Hawkins]]
| studio = [[UST Inc.|Cabin Fever Entertainment]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1996|08|30}}
| runtime = 101 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| music = [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
| budget =
}}
'''''Freebird... The Movie''''' is an in-depth look at [[Southern rock]] band, [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. Released on video on August 30, 1996, it is part [[Documentary film|documentary]] and part concert footage. [[Charlie Daniels]] was involved as "creative consultant".{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

The film incorporates live concert and personal footage filmed in 1976 and 1977. It took nearly ten years to assemble and produce.<ref name="FM 12-97">{{cite web |url= http://www.skynyrd.com/movie1.html |title= Lynyrd Skynyrd Freebird the Movie |website= skynyrd.com |language=en |publisher= Lynyrd Skynyrd |access-date= 2 Nov 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19971210222355/http://www.skynyrd.com:80/movie1.html |archive-date=1997-12-10}}</ref>

==Performances==
The band lineup features [[Ronnie Van Zant]], [[Steve Gaines]], [[Allen Collins]], [[Gary Rossington]], [[Billy Powell]], [[Leon Wilkeson]], and [[Artimus Pyle]].<ref name="FM 12-97"/>

Most of the footage is from the band's appearance at the [[Concerts at Knebworth House|Knebworth festival]], on August 21, 1976, while the last performance is from a show in [[Oakland, California]].

==Promotion and Release==
In 1996, they offered a performance to promote the documentary. [[Bob Burns (drummer)|Bob Burns]] (who had left Lynyrd Skynyrd in December 1974 due to drumming fatigue) reunited with the band for the performance.

The film debuted at the [[Fox Theatre (Atlanta)|Fox Theatre]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref name="FM 12-97"/> The band performed during the last week of 1995 in Atlanta to coincide with the documentary's premiere. On Thursday, Dec 28, they performed for the event Freebird... The Jam. Then the band performed over the weekend for the event Lynyrd Skynyrd: Freebird... The Celebration.<ref name="Atlanta Premiere">{{cite web |url= http://www.skynyrd.com/prem.html |title= Freebird... The Movie Atlanta Premiere |website= skynyrd.com/ |publisher= Lynyrd Skynyrd |access-date= 2 Nov 2023 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19980207085537/http://www.skynyrd.com/prem.html |archive-date=1998-02-07}}</ref>

On July 27, 1998 the Lynyrd Skynyrd website announced that producer and distributor Cabin Fever Entertainment had gone out of business and a new company would be re-packaging the documentary. The Freebird Foundation would distribute the videos through the website.<ref name="FM 11-96">{{cite web |url= http://www.skynyrd.com/movie1.html |title= Lynyrd Skynyrd Freebird the Movie |website= skynyrd.com/ |language=en |publisher= Lynyrd Skynyrd |access-date= 2 Nov 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19961130184233/http://www.skynyrd.com/prem.html |archive-date= 1996-11-30}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
A [[soundtrack]] of the film was released by [[MCA Records]].<ref name="FSM">{{cite magazine |date= 15 Dec 2019 |orig-date= September 1996 |title= MCA |url= https://archive.org/details/Film_Score_Monthly_Volume_01_Issue_73_1996_09_Vineyard_Haven_US/page/n1/mode/2up?q=freebird |magazine= [[Film Score Monthly]] |volume= 1 |issue= 73 |page= 3 |location= [[Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts]] |publisher= Lukas Kendall |access-date= 2 Nov 2023}}</ref>
It was released on August 13, 1996.<ref name="FM 11-96"/> It included most of the recordings of the performances from the film. However, the soundtrack omits "Gimme Back My Bullets" and "Cry For The Bad Man," both of which were included in the film and recorded on 3/7/76 at [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham's]] [[Winterland Ballroom]] in [[San Francisco|San Francisco, CA]]

#"Workin' for MCA" ([[Ed King]], [[Ronnie Van Zant]])
#"I Ain't the One" ([[Gary Rossington]], [[Ronnie Van Zant]])
#"[[Saturday Night Special (Lynyrd Skynyrd song)|Saturday Night Special]]" (Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant)
#"Whiskey Rock-A-Roller" (Ed King, [[Billy Powell]], Ronnie Van Zant)
#"Travelin' Man" ([[Leon Wilkeson]], Ronnie Van Zant)
#"Searchin'" ([[Allen Collins]], Ronnie Van Zant)
#"[[What's Your Name (Lynyrd Skynyrd song)|What's Your Name?]]" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant)
#"[[That Smell]]" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant)
#"[[Gimme Three Steps]]" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant)
#"[[Call Me the Breeze]]" ([[J.J. Cale]])
#"[[Blue Yodel (songs by Jimmie Rodgers)|T for Texas (Blue Yodel No.1)]]" ([[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]])
#"[[Sweet Home Alabama (song)|Sweet Home Alabama]]" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant)
#"[[Free Bird]]" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant)
#"[[Dixie (song)|Dixie]]" (Traditional)

===Recording Dates/Locations===
*Tracks 7–8 recorded 7/13/1977 at the [[Asbury Park Convention Hall|Convention Center]] in [[Asbury Park, NJ]]
*Track 13 recorded 7/2/1977 at the ''[[Day on the Green]]'', [[Oakland Coliseum]] in [[Oakland, CA]]
*All other tracks recorded 8/21/1976 at the [[Knebworth Festival]] in [[Hertfordshire]], England

==Reception==
Bob Cannon of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a B+, writing that the film was "Proof that there was more to Southern rock than boogie and beer," and praised Lynyrd Skynyrd as a "ferocious live act."<ref name="EW Cannon">{{cite magazine |last= Cannon |first= Bob |date=13 Sep 1996 |title= Freebird: The Movie |url= https://ew.com/article/1996/09/13/freebird-movie/ |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] |location= [[New York City]] |publisher= Dotdash Meredith Publishing |access-date= 2 Nov 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231102230038/https://ew.com/article/1996/09/13/freebird-movie/ |archive-date=2023-11-02}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|116360}}

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