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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.

Director

Daniel Roher

Year

Genre

Documentary, Biography, History

Box Office

$449,561

Production

N/A

Awards

4 wins & 8 nominations total

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(amplifier buzzing) - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

(amplifier buzzing)

Robbie Robertson: I don't have
much of a process of, like, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Robbie Robertson: I don't have much of a process of, li...

* ("I Heard You Paint Houses"
by Robbie Robertson plays) * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* ("I Heard You Paint Houses" by Robbie Robertson ...

When you talk
about songs that are - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

When you talk about songs that are

When I stumbled onto this song,
"Once Were Brothers"... - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

When I stumbled onto this song, "Once Were Brothers&quo...

It really did, for me, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

It really did, for me,

* Once were brothers * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* Once were brothers *

It was so beautiful it went up in flames - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

It was so beautiful it went up in flames

* When I get off
of this mountain * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* When I get off of this mountain *

Simply their name,
The Band, that was it. - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Simply their name, The Band, that was it.

* Up on Cripple Creek
She sends me - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* Up on Cripple Creek She sends me

* She mends me
I don't have to speak * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* She mends me I don't have to speak *

To have any one of those guys
would be the foundation - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

To have any one of those guys would be the foundation

* That's when
That little love of mine * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* That's when That little love of mine *

This... just didn't
seem like anything else. - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

This... just didn't seem like anything else.

Taj Mahal: No one sounded
like those guys. You know, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Taj Mahal: No one sounded like those guys. You know,

* She defends me
A drunkard's dream * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* She defends me A drunkard's dream *

Robbie: I think about Levon, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Robbie: I think about Levon,

* Oh, I could
get you with my yodel, I go * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* Oh, I could get you with my yodel, I go *

* No, no, no, no, no * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* No, no, no, no, no *

(film projector whirring) - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

(film projector whirring)

Robbie: Since I was a kid,
I see stories - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Robbie: Since I was a kid, I see stories

These stories are powerful, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

These stories are powerful,

Maybe that's
because my upbringing was - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Maybe that's because my upbringing was

My mother was born and raised - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

My mother was born and raised

When she was
around 16 years old, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

When she was around 16 years old,

- (streetcar clanking)
- (vehicles honking) - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

- (streetcar clanking) - (vehicles honking)

It seemed like every day, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

It seemed like every day,

And I could sit
in the middle of this, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

And I could sit in the middle of this,

My parents got me
a little guitar - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

My parents got me a little guitar

I already know - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

I would practice - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

I would practice

I don't know for sure - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

I don't know for sure

And then we crossed
into a time zone - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

And then we crossed into a time zone

* ("Johnny B. Goode"
by Chuck Berry plays) * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* ("Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry plays) *

Overnight, out of nowhere, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Overnight, out of nowhere,

* Deep down in Louisiana
Close to New Orleans * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* Deep down in Louisiana Close to New Orleans *

Like, it just cut
against the grain - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Like, it just cut against the grain

Jann Wenner: You know,
it's raw, it's loud, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Jann Wenner: You know, it's raw, it's loud,

You know, the guitar sound is
loud and thrilling. - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

You know, the guitar sound is loud and thrilling.

Springsteen: It immediately - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Springsteen: It immediately

Robbie: I thought of it - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Robbie: I thought of it

Little Richard: * Lucille * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Little Richard: * Lucille *

Fats Domino:
* I'm walkin', yes indeed * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Fats Domino: * I'm walkin', yes indeed *

You could bowl for free
all you wanted, right?" - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

You could bowl for free all you wanted, right?"

I saw something else,
and the lights - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

I saw something else, and the lights

Within a couple years,
we were getting somewhere, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Within a couple years, we were getting somewhere,

A local DJ booked us to open - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

A local DJ booked us to open

* ("Baby Jean" by Ronnie Hawkins
and the Hawks plays) * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* ("Baby Jean" by Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks pla...

- * Baby Jean, Baby Jean *
- * Baby Jean * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

- * Baby Jean, Baby Jean * - * Baby Jean *

* My baby * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

We figured, Canada is the
wilderness, they've still got - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

We figured, Canada is the wilderness, they've still got

Then Ronnie Hawkins
and the Hawks take - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Then Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks take

* ...back home * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* ...back home *

The piano player would be - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

The piano player would be

There was a guy playing drums - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

There was a guy playing drums

Helm: Well, I started with
Ronnie when I was trying - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Helm: Well, I started with Ronnie when I was trying

We hit the road,
played around for years, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

We hit the road, played around for years,

* That'd be the very thing
That'd suit you... * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* That'd be the very thing That'd suit you... *

(audience applauds and cheers) - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

(audience applauds and cheers)

I wanted to help out
in any way I could, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

I wanted to help out in any way I could,

* ("Boba Lou"
by Robbie Robertson plays) * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* ("Boba Lou" by Robbie Robertson plays) *

* Boba Lou... * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* Boba Lou... *

Robbie: One day,
I heard Ronnie Hawkins - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Robbie: One day, I heard Ronnie Hawkins

I need some songs." - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

I need some songs."

* I will love her
Till my dying day * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* I will love her Till my dying day *

I recorded two of said songs
on my album - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

I recorded two of said songs on my album

His mother, Dolly, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

His mother, Dolly,

* Boba Lou... * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* Boba Lou... *

My father, Jim Robertson, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

My father, Jim Robertson,

And one day she said to me, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

And one day she said to me,

And maybe I should've
told you this before, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

And maybe I should've told you this before,

I... What do you mean,
he's not my real father?" - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

I... What do you mean, he's not my real father?"

Robbie: My mother says, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Robbie: My mother says,

He's Jewish." - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

They bring me into their world - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

They bring me into their world

I met his uncle who'd been
in the penitentiary - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

I met his uncle who'd been in the penitentiary

Robbie: Through these
relatives of mine, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Robbie: Through these relatives of mine,

When I told the Klegermans - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

When I told the Klegermans

Ronnie Hawkins says, "I want
you to come down to Arkansas - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Ronnie Hawkins says, "I want you to come down to Arkans...

I sold my '56 Stratocaster, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

I sold my '56 Stratocaster,

I'm going
to the Mississippi Delta, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

I'm going to the Mississippi Delta,

"This is it, this is it.
I've gotta make this work." - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

"This is it, this is it. I've gotta make this work...

* You got to help me, baby * - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

* You got to help me, baby *

And it's heavy, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

And it's heavy,

Helm: Growin' up there
in the Delta, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Helm: Growin' up there in the Delta,

Our jukeboxes and radios - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Our jukeboxes and radios

I consider
myself fortunate to have - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

I consider myself fortunate to have

Hawkins: Robbie was - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Hawkins: Robbie was

Robbie: Finally, Ronnie says, - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

Robbie: Finally, Ronnie says,

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.

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Director: Daniel Roher

Writer: Daniel Roher

Production: N/A

Genre: Documentary, Biography, History

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 61/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: $449,561

Released: 21 Feb 2020

Awards: 4 wins & 8 nominations total

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