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Beastie Boys Story

Here's a little story they're about to tell... Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of the band, Beastie Boys, and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend and collaborator, Spike Jonze.

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Spike Jonze

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documentary, biography, music

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Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. 3 wins & 12 nominations total

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Now, he opens the door
to this teeny dorm room, right. - Beastie Boys Story

Now, he opens the door to this teeny dorm room, right.

And it's filled with, like, a huge PA - Beastie Boys Story

And it's filled with, like, a huge PA

And yes, ladies and gentlemen,
a bubble machine. - Beastie Boys Story

And yes, ladies and gentlemen, a bubble machine.

Now, at first, it seemed like
a weird fit with us and Rick Rubin. - Beastie Boys Story

Now, at first, it seemed like a weird fit with us and Rick R...

I mean, he's from Long Island
and we're from New York City. - Beastie Boys Story

I mean, he's from Long Island and we're from New Y...

And also, Rick was into a bunch
of other stuff that we weren't into. - Beastie Boys Story

And also, Rick was into a bunch of other stuff that we weren...

Rick seemed way older than us and-- - Beastie Boys Story

Rick seemed way older than us and--

-I mean--
-With the-- - Beastie Boys Story

-I mean-- -With the--

That was some high-tech shit for the time. - Beastie Boys Story

That was some high-tech shit for the time.

They got the cable box,
the multi-line telephone. I mean-- - Beastie Boys Story

They got the cable box, the multi-line telephone. I mean--

Rick seemed way older than us,
and he seemed kind of more mature than us. - Beastie Boys Story

Rick seemed way older than us, and he seemed kind of more ma...

You couldn't hang out with Rick - Beastie Boys Story

You couldn't hang out with Rick

It only took a week for us
to go from thinking - Beastie Boys Story

It only took a week for us to go from thinking

He kinda became, like,
this weird, cool older brother. - Beastie Boys Story

He kinda became, like, this weird, cool older brother.

And every day, instead of going to school,
we'd go to Rick's dorm room to hang out. - Beastie Boys Story

And every day, instead of going to school, we'd go to R...

And then we'd talk all about the night
and the music - Beastie Boys Story

And then we'd talk all about the night and the music

So we're like, "Fuck it. Let's try
to rap and do that as part of our show." - Beastie Boys Story

So we're like, "Fuck it. Let's try to rap and...

Our first shows with Rick,
we'd do, like, half as a hardcore band, - Beastie Boys Story

Our first shows with Rick, we'd do, like, half as a har...

-B-E-A
-S-T-I-E - Beastie Boys Story

-B-E-A -S-T-I-E

Most rappers hold their rhymes
in little pieces of paper, right? - Beastie Boys Story

Most rappers hold their rhymes in little pieces of paper, ri...

It's one thing to hang out
with your friends - Beastie Boys Story

It's one thing to hang out with your friends

But being on stage with an audience
and rapping our own rhymes, - Beastie Boys Story

But being on stage with an audience and rapping our own rhym...

Now we didn't realize it,
but as time went on, - Beastie Boys Story

Now we didn't realize it, but as time went on,

And maybe even more so,
the less Kate was hanging out with us. - Beastie Boys Story

And maybe even more so, the less Kate was hanging out with u...

I think our friends were very confused - Beastie Boys Story

I think our friends were very confused

So around this time, Rick was producing
his first real rap song, "It's Yours," - Beastie Boys Story

So around this time, Rick was producing his first real rap s...

Up until then, music for rap records
was mostly played by a band. - Beastie Boys Story

Up until then, music for rap records was mostly played by a ...

It was played to sound, like,
funky and smoothed out - Beastie Boys Story

It was played to sound, like, funky and smoothed out

So one night, - Beastie Boys Story

We didn't know what Rick and Russell
were meeting about, - Beastie Boys Story

We didn't know what Rick and Russell were meeting about...

'Cause this Russell guy
was not only Run-DMC's manager, - Beastie Boys Story

'Cause this Russell guy was not only Run-DMC's man...

It wasn't like he was some guy that, like, - Beastie Boys Story

It wasn't like he was some guy that, like,

We ran over to Rick and we were like, - Beastie Boys Story

We ran over to Rick and we were like,

You gotta tell us
everything you guys talked about." - Beastie Boys Story

You gotta tell us everything you guys talked about."

And that's what we sounded like
when we were, like, 16. - Beastie Boys Story

And that's what we sounded like when we were, like, 16.

So Rick told us
that Russell couldn't believe - Beastie Boys Story

So Rick told us that Russell couldn't believe

And Rick said that they hit it off - Beastie Boys Story

And Rick said that they hit it off

Pay attention, hang up the phone
and watch this. - Beastie Boys Story

Pay attention, hang up the phone and watch this.

So def, so def, so def
It's a def jam - Beastie Boys Story

So def, so def, so def It's a def jam

I mean, they're punk rock,
but they love hip-hop even more. - Beastie Boys Story

I mean, they're punk rock, but they love hip-hop even m...

Russell Simmons immediately saw the
possibility in managing a white rap group. - Beastie Boys Story

Russell Simmons immediately saw the possibility in managing ...

We think he's gonna have
this huge fancy office, - Beastie Boys Story

We think he's gonna have this huge fancy office,

But what's kinda cool is, - Beastie Boys Story

But what's kinda cool is,

And he's in Russell's office
trying to learn to break-dance. - Beastie Boys Story

And he's in Russell's office trying to learn to br...

And not only that, I don't know if-- - Beastie Boys Story

And not only that, I don't know if--

Well, he's surrounded-- He's surrounded
by the dudes in Full Force, - Beastie Boys Story

Well, he's surrounded-- He's surrounded by the dud...

I mean, it was a crazy fuckin' scene,
is what we're trying to tell you guys. - Beastie Boys Story

I mean, it was a crazy fuckin' scene, is what we'r...

So when it came to confidence, - Beastie Boys Story

So when it came to confidence,

If you were in his orbit, - Beastie Boys Story

If you were in his orbit,

But everywhere Russell went
he'd be selling to everybody. - Beastie Boys Story

But everywhere Russell went he'd be selling to everybod...

"Run-DMC is gonna be the biggest artist
of our generation." - Beastie Boys Story

"Run-DMC is gonna be the biggest artist of our generati...

They're white B-boys and they're gonna be
the biggest group in the world." - Beastie Boys Story

They're white B-boys and they're gonna be the bigg...

But Rick and Russell believed in us,
and that gave us confidence. - Beastie Boys Story

But Rick and Russell believed in us, and that gave us confid...

And so they hooked it up for us
to go record our first rap song. - Beastie Boys Story

And so they hooked it up for us to go record our first rap s...

It's called "Rock Hard." - Beastie Boys Story

It's called "Rock Hard."

But you gotta understand, we love rap
music and we wanted to be rappers so bad. - Beastie Boys Story

But you gotta understand, we love rap music and we wanted to...

There's nothing wrong with your TV set." - Beastie Boys Story

There's nothing wrong with your TV set."

And he kept telling us we had to say it
'cause it was great - Beastie Boys Story

And he kept telling us we had to say it 'cause it was g...

He also really wanted us to say, - Beastie Boys Story

He also really wanted us to say,

Not just B-boys, we're real rock stars." - Beastie Boys Story

Not just B-boys, we're real rock stars."

You got fucking Kurtis Blow popping
and locking in your office and shit. - Beastie Boys Story

You got fucking Kurtis Blow popping and locking in your offi...

I mean, if you think saying that's
gonna be fresh, fly, wild and bold, - Beastie Boys Story

I mean, if you think saying that's gonna be fresh, fly,...

Mike D, Ad-Rock, and MCA - Beastie Boys Story

Mike D, Ad-Rock, and MCA

We wrote and said the rest of the lyrics
on that song. - Beastie Boys Story

We wrote and said the rest of the lyrics on that song.

They wanted us to be a cartoon rap version
of an '80s metal band, - Beastie Boys Story

They wanted us to be a cartoon rap version of an '80s m...

But it was decided at some point
that we had to kick Kate out of the band - Beastie Boys Story

But it was decided at some point that we had to kick Kate ou...

When Beastie Boys began,
the majority of our friends were girls. - Beastie Boys Story

When Beastie Boys began, the majority of our friends were gi...

I mean, shit, maybe Kate would've quit
the band eventually, - Beastie Boys Story

I mean, shit, maybe Kate would've quit the band eventua...

See, up until then our band
was just more of a joke, you know? - Beastie Boys Story

See, up until then our band was just more of a joke, you kno...

But now we're with these Rick and Russell
guys, and they got big plans for us. - Beastie Boys Story

But now we're with these Rick and Russell guys, and the...

It's like,
if Rick was the cool older brother, - Beastie Boys Story

It's like, if Rick was the cool older brother,

And we started hanging out every night,
all the time together. - Beastie Boys Story

And we started hanging out every night, all the time togethe...

Now, when you're young and drunk
and Russell Simmons is telling you - Beastie Boys Story

Now, when you're young and drunk and Russell Simmons is...

And then some crazy shit happened. - Beastie Boys Story

And then some crazy shit happened.

I'm sorry. Sorry about that.
There's supposed to be a cue here where-- - Beastie Boys Story

I'm sorry. Sorry about that. There's supposed to b...

Well, it's a voice that goes,
"Crazy shit." - Beastie Boys Story

Well, it's a voice that goes, "Crazy shit."

Hey, did you guys know that we opened
for Madonna on her very first tour? - Beastie Boys Story

Hey, did you guys know that we opened for Madonna on her ver...

Well, we did. And the story of
how we opened for Madonna-- - Beastie Boys Story

Well, we did. And the story of how we opened for Madonna--

So one day Russell Simmons gets a call
from Madonna's manager, Freddy DeMann. - Beastie Boys Story

So one day Russell Simmons gets a call from Madonna's m...

He calls and asks if Run-DMC
would like to open for Madonna - Beastie Boys Story

He calls and asks if Run-DMC would like to open for Madonna

And Russell said,
"Yes, they get 20 grand a show." - Beastie Boys Story

And Russell said, "Yes, they get 20 grand a show."

"But," he said, - Beastie Boys Story

"But," he said,

So, before the tour,
we came up with a brilliant plan. - Beastie Boys Story

So, before the tour, we came up with a brilliant plan.

What could we do that would
make all these people remember us? - Beastie Boys Story

What could we do that would make all these people remember u...

It certainly wasn't gonna be
our microphone mastery at the time. - Beastie Boys Story

It certainly wasn't gonna be our microphone mastery at ...

I mean, our big idea was that we should be
as rude and as awful as possible on stage. - Beastie Boys Story

I mean, our big idea was that we should be as rude and as aw...

Yo! You better look out,
Detroit, Philly, Cincy, LA! - Beastie Boys Story

Yo! You better look out, Detroit, Philly, Cincy, LA!

I mean, if we just went up there - Beastie Boys Story

I mean, if we just went up there

I mean, everyone's there to see Madonna, - Beastie Boys Story

I mean, everyone's there to see Madonna,

He wanted us
to be those wrestling villains - Beastie Boys Story

He wanted us to be those wrestling villains

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Here's a little story they're about to tell... Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of the band, Beastie Boys, and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend and collaborator, Spike Jonze.

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Director: Spike Jonze

Writer: Adam Horovitz, Spike Jonze, Mike D

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, biography, music

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 74/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 24 Apr 2020

Awards: Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. 3 wins & 12 nominations total

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