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Lambert and Stamp
A documentary that reveals how the unlikely partnership between aspiring filmmakers Christopher Stamp and Kit Lambert produced one of the greatest rock bands in history: The Who.
23 August 1946, Wembley, London, England, UK
24 June 1944, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK
1 March 1944, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
19 May 1945, London, England, UK
9 October 1944, Chiswick, London, England, UK
7 July 1942, East End, London, England, UK
27 November 1942, Seattle, Washington, USA
11 May 1935
14 April 1945, Weston Super Mare, England, UK
22 July 1938, Stepney, London, England, UK
June 21, 2015
I did not think a documentary about The Who could possibly surprise me.
May 07, 2015
Who fans will be this film's biggest audience, but the storytelling is limited by the fact that Lambert died in 1981 (of alcohol and drug abuse).
May 14, 2015
An engrossing business story that approaches the band as a showbiz concern, recognizing the two managers as full creative partners and probing their relationships with the fractious musicians.
June 24, 2015
Cinematographer James D. Cooper makes his directorial debut with this entertaining, if incomplete, account of how the six men made it together as far as the creation of the rock opera Tommy before self- destructing.
December 18, 2015
Lambert played an essential role in encouraging Pete Townshend's songwriting, which is an important tidbit, but most of the info here won't be new to Who fans. That early footage, on the other hand, is documentary gold.
January 01, 2016
Though it's not just for Who fans, those well-versed in the band will enjoy picking out some of the more obscure, copyright-friendly songs used in the appropriately loud soundtrack.
May 15, 2015
Lambert and Stamp are at least a bit fascinating, or at least somewhat interesting. But this film runs nearly two hours. They are at best an hour-and-a-half's worth of interesting.
August 21, 2015
"A fresh and invigorating film that avoids many of the clichés of the 'rockumentary.'"
May 14, 2015
Lambert & Stamp is at its best when it chronicles the high-wire act of the band's early years, as the pair guided the band through ever-greater levels of success.
May 08, 2015
You might call this a business story. But I call it a love story, and I think director Cooper might, too.
May 21, 2015
Opens the window on a pivotal time in 1960s (and early 1970s) pop culture.
May 12, 2016
Cooper's cinematic scrapbook captures a relentless whirlwind of explosive rock history, in which a non-linear narrative and slick cinematography rollicks furiously through the decades, rooting the audience directly in the band's volcanic timeline.