Billy Joel - The Last Play at Shea
2010 · 90 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 404 VOTES · DIR. Paul Crowder, Jon Small
Overview
In 1964, when the New York Mets were regarded as little more than a punch line in major league baseball, the team moved into a brand new ballpark, Shea Stadium, which was to become their home for the next forty-four years. Shea Stadium was closed (in part to create more parking space for a new stadium, Citi Field), and on July 16 and 18, 2008, Billy Joel headlined the final concerts held at the stadium. Filmmaker Paul Crowder and a camera crew were on hand for Joel's shows, and the documentary THE LAST PLAY AT SHEA chronicles his historic two-night stand, as well as exploring Joel's career, his ties to working-class New York, and how his life and career paralleled the growth of suburban Long Island and the beloved ballpark.
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00:00:53 Ladies and gentlemen, here are The Beatles.
00:06:52 Is this cool or what?
00:10:19 That is what is forever associated with that space.
00:13:32 The irony is that Shea is literally built on top of a dump.
00:15:51 My father was a very, very good pianist
00:17:59 As the Joels were adjusting to life in the suburbs
00:20:45 I don't think they believed us.
00:23:59 I remember my friend just telling me, "I'm in love with your wife."
00:27:48 and I used to come after there and meet him at the bar
00:30:46 and we came out in New York and it was my first time there.
00:36:36 It's a home-run agency.
00:38:59 We are protective of each other.
00:41:33 Unpleasant people, and unscrupulous shysters.
00:44:08 I wanted to share it with other artists.
00:47:48 And I just looked back down at the piano and I said, "Thank you, man. Thank you."
00:50:22 put his feet up on the desk in the manager's office
00:53:29 'cause he did have kind of, like, this kind of Long Island hairdo.
00:57:04 Fancy cars, all of this?
00:59:53 At the end of the day, in my neighborhood, everybody ended up at the pub.
01:04:52 Down a run late in the game.
01:09:07 while growing up on Long Island
01:12:04 And he had to answer it.
01:18:32 It's just logistically impossible for him
01:23:19 there's an element of spirituality to it.