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Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

The band Coldplay discuss their band, music, and rise to fame.

Director

Mat Whitecross

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documentary, music

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Mint Pictures

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http://coldplay.film

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[phone ringing] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[phone ringing]

[Mat] I'm good, I was just... I was just wondering if you had a chance to see the film yet. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[Mat] I'm good, I was just... I was just wondering if...

[Chris] Uh, the truth is, Mat, I don't think I'm gonna be able to do it. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[Chris] Uh, the truth is, Mat, I don't think I'm...

I feel like if I see it, I might just wanna remove myself from the film. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I feel like if I see it, I might just wanna remove myself...

-[both laughing] -So, if it's okay with you, could I just trust you on it? - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

-[both laughing] -So, if it's okay with you, could I...

I just feel like
we've known you for so long - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I just feel like we've known you for so long

You just make the film
you wanna make - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

You just make the film you wanna make

[man through speaker]
I don't want to rule
or conquer anyone. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[man through speaker] I don't want to rule or conquer a...

I should like to help everyone
if possible-- - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I should like to help everyone if possible--

In this world there's room
for everyone.
The good earth is rich. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

In this world there's room for everyone. The good earth...

For those who can hear me,
I say do not despair. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

For those who can hear me, I say do not despair.

The hate of men will pass
and dictators die, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

The hate of men will pass and dictators die,

The kingdom of God
is within men, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

The kingdom of God is within men,

The power to create machines,
the power to create happiness, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

The power to create machines, the power to create happiness,

[cheering] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[Chris] A Head Full Of Dreams
is somewhere we've been trying
to go for a long time. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[Chris] A Head Full Of Dreams is somewhere we've been t...

The journey has been
so incremental and so episodic, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

The journey has been so incremental and so episodic,

If I ever turn round
and look down, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

If I ever turn round and look down,

[singing softly] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[singing softly]

[Jonny] Our friendships
have somehow survived - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[Jonny] Our friendships have somehow survived

I've spent more time with these
people than almost anybody else.
[chuckles] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I've spent more time with these people than almost anyb...

I think we all think about
what we'd be doing
with our lives - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I think we all think about what we'd be doing with our ...

[singing softly] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[singing softly]

[instrumental music plays] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[instrumental music plays]

[all vocalizing] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[all vocalizing]

-Great work, fellers.
-[children cheer] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

-Great work, fellers. -[children cheer]

[all laughing] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

["Brothers and Sisters"
playing on computer] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

["Brothers and Sisters" playing on computer]

And when I think back
to what our first album was-- - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

And when I think back to what our first album was--

[singing "We Never Change"] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[singing "We Never Change"]

Looking back at some of the
old footage, underneath it all, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

Looking back at some of the old footage, underneath it all,

To really get the full story,
you've got to go back
to when we met. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

To really get the full story, you've got to go back to ...

I mean, it really does
feel like a lifetime ago. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I mean, it really does feel like a lifetime ago.

We were friends for almost
a year before we played
any music together. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

We were friends for almost a year before we played any music...

We all lived in the same
student halls of residence. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

We all lived in the same student halls of residence.

"Drummer required"
in the back of the NME
or something like that. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

"Drummer required" in the back of the NME or somet...

-Fuck it!
-[Guy] I think in our case,
it was different - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

-Fuck it! -[Guy] I think in our case, it was different

[vocalizing] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

We were all studying
to be in bands. [laughs] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

We were all studying to be in bands. [laughs]

I got there,
got to this big place, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I got there, got to this big place,

Didn't look like that
then. [laughs] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

Didn't look like that then. [laughs]

-There was a bass player
on the third floor.
-[students chattering] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

-There was a bass player on the third floor. -[students chat...

Yeah, I remember he had
very long hair, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

Yeah, I remember he had very long hair,

I would always be
showing off saying, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I would always be showing off saying,

♪ I love you Jim
You are a geezer♪ - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

♪ I love you Jim You are a geezer♪

-[Jonny laughs]
-♪ I love Jim
And everybody knows♪ - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

-[Jonny laughs] -♪ I love Jim And everybody knows♪

Back in 1996 when we met, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

Back in 1996 when we met,

He was just this stoned guy
in the corner - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

He was just this stoned guy in the corner

I came to London solely
to find some people to be
in a band with and make music. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I came to London solely to find some people to be in a band ...

I'd wanted to do this
from when I was a small boy, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I'd wanted to do this from when I was a small boy,

One day I came into the room
he was in, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

One day I came into the room he was in,

I was like,
"This is the guy I've been
looking for my whole life." - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I was like, "This is the guy I've been looking for...

[Chris] Like in
Back to the Future
where Chuck's cousin Marvin - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[Chris] Like in Back to the Future where Chuck's cousin...

When I first started playing
with Chris, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

When I first started playing with Chris,

[Jonny] Obviously you have
a sense that something
is starting, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

[Jonny] Obviously you have a sense that something is startin...

Within a couple of weeks,
we'd asked Guy if he would join. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

Within a couple of weeks, we'd asked Guy if he would jo...

But then we bonded over
a keyboard, so we thought, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

But then we bonded over a keyboard, so we thought,

It's been my life since I was
probably about five years old. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

It's been my life since I was probably about five years...

I found a box of cassettes
my sister had,
and I'll never forget that. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I found a box of cassettes my sister had, and I'll neve...

I became a bass player 'cause
of my love of soul and funk. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I became a bass player 'cause of my love of soul and fu...

And that was it, you know.
I'd get home from school - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

And that was it, you know. I'd get home from school

He was the first person
to put his whole life on hold - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

He was the first person to put his whole life on hold

It soon became apparent
that we needed a drummer - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

It soon became apparent that we needed a drummer

What's up? I'm Cheese Hawk,
I ride for Proco trucks - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

What's up? I'm Cheese Hawk, I ride for Proco truck...

We went away for the summer
and at the end of the summer, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

We went away for the summer and at the end of the summer,

-[laughter]
-[chattering, laughing] - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

-[laughter] -[chattering, laughing]

So, when we went to do
our first photo shoot
in Tesco's on Oxford Street, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

So, when we went to do our first photo shoot in Tesco's...

So, we went down to Will's house - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

So, we went down to Will's house

We used to play guitars
in the stairwells
'cause they had nice acoustics. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

We used to play guitars in the stairwells 'cause they h...

It's a very fundamental
and basic memory that I have
about being a child. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

It's a very fundamental and basic memory that I have ab...

Music was all around.
It's a legacy of my mum's. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

Music was all around. It's a legacy of my mum's.

I knew that Chris and Jonny
had recorded an EP - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I knew that Chris and Jonny had recorded an EP

We set it all up and then,
when it was ready to go,
he wasn't around. - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

We set it all up and then, when it was ready to go, he wasn&...

So, Will said, "I'll do it." - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

So, Will said, "I'll do it."

I had the same feeling
that I had with Guy and Jonny.
"Oh, that's him. There he is." - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I had the same feeling that I had with Guy and Jonny. "...

It's like when bacon and eggs - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

It's like when bacon and eggs

Chris is the unstoppable
creative force of the band - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

Chris is the unstoppable creative force of the band

He's our best friend
and a musical genius - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

He's our best friend and a musical genius

I think when I was about 16, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

I think when I was about 16,

And I remember saying to people,
"I'm gonna do this forever." - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

And I remember saying to people, "I'm gonna do thi...

But I've been really blessed
in my life - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

But I've been really blessed in my life

He's the first person
that said it to me, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

He's the first person that said it to me,

My dad is a circus
ringmaster really, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

My dad is a circus ringmaster really,

And in my mum, I could feel
a certain frustration - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

And in my mum, I could feel a certain frustration

So, with both of them,
there was a subconscious thing - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

So, with both of them, there was a subconscious thing

And it gave me
this great sense of possibility - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

And it gave me this great sense of possibility

He has a relentless
and infectious energy
for music and for life - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

He has a relentless and infectious energy for music and for ...

Chris always has
a very clear idea
about where he wants to be, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

Chris always has a very clear idea about where he wants to b...

We, Jon Buckland, Chris Martin,
Will Champion and Guy Berryman, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

We, Jon Buckland, Chris Martin, Will Champion and Guy Berrym...

By the 26th of June, 2002, - Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

By the 26th of June, 2002,

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The band Coldplay discuss their band, music, and rise to fame.

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Director: Mat Whitecross

Writer: N/A

Production: Mint Pictures

Genre: documentary, music

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 64/100

ImdbRating: 7.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 16 Nov 2018

Awards: N/A

Homepage: http://coldplay.film