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Becoming Led Zeppelin

Becoming Led Zeppelin

2025Movie⏱️ 2h 2mPG-13
DocumentaryMusic
7.5
IMDB Rating
7,801 votes

The film traces the journeys of the four members of the Stairway To Heaven rockers through the music scene of the 1960s and their meeting in the summer of 1968, culminating in 1970.

Director
Bernard MacMahon
Writers
Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty
Stars
Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones
Release Date
February 14, 2025
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom, United States
🏆 1
Wins
🎯 3
Nominations
💬 104
Reviews
📋 15.6K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
as Themselves
Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page
as Self
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones
as Self
Robert Plant
Robert Plant
as Self
John Bonham
John Bonham
as Self
James Page
James Page
as Self - Jimmy Page's Father
Patricia Page
Patricia Page
as Self - Jimmy Page's Mother
Joe Baldwin
Joe Baldwin
as Self - John Paul Jones' Father
Margie Castle
Margie Castle
as Self - John Paul Jones' Mother
Maureen Jones
Maureen Jones
as Self - John Paul Jones' Wife

💰 Box Office

$14,673,369
Worldwide Gross
$10,403,353
Domestic Gross
$2,578,510
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.78 : 1
Color
Color
Production
Paradise Pictures, Big Beach

🏷️ Keywords

recording an album1960s1950s1970s1940s

🎯 Categories

ConcertMusic DocumentaryDocumentaryMusic

⭐ Featured Review

Who mixes the sound for these things?
by difgmmbc2025-07-05
6/10

"What is going on with the audio people? The dialog is a tiny whisper, but the musical examples are 4 times louder! Does anybody ever check and maybe normalize the amplitude of productions like this? I can listen to "Good Times Bad Times" at any volume I want, any time. Maybe it would have been more important HERE to have heard what the people involved had to say. Absolutely ridiculous, and it ruins an otherwise fascinating story. This is pervasive throughout the entire movie and documentary landscape. I just don't understand how nobody catches this. To have to have your remote i..."

💡 Did You Know?

One of the bands mentioned on the flyers seen in the film is "The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation." Dunbar would later be famed for playing with artists like David Bowie, Journey, Jefferson Starship, Frank Zappa, and Whitesnake. Early in his career, Dunbar drummed for John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, a band that featured some of the earliest work from artists like Mick Fleetwood and Eric Clapton. When Dunbar was fired from the band, he called his next band "Retaliation" as a way of chiding Mayall.

📖 Synopsis

The film traces the journeys of the four members of the Stairway To Heaven rockers through the music scene of the 1960s and their meeting in the summer of 1968, culminating in 1970.