Metallica: Cliff 'em All Number of Items: 1 Format: Color Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: Wea/Elektra Entertainment Product Group: DVD Release Date: 1999-11-23 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 67 Average rating: 4.5 "punk...punk....punk" You can call the music whatever you want...but when this came out on tape, and the spirit in which it was put out, and the way it was put out (i.e. "the 19.98 home vid" so that music store owners wouldnt up the price) THIS WAS WHAT PUNK WAS MENT TO BE. Maybe not the music stylings, but the attitude and the feeling of this video is what any kid looking at some black eyeliner thinking it would be a good idea to try it on should look to for what reality can do for you. "This happened with Sabbath Live in 78" Why must people complain about the quality of a legal bootleg recording. This aggravates me. This DVD is so beautiful and is the perfect look back on Cliff. And you people complain about quality. Just listen to what you're hearing. You'll be stunned. They guys playing LEAD BASS. No one ever did that before. And now you can see him performing and hear him soloing on excellent bootlegs that the band got hold of after his death and released as a tribute to them. How dare anyone insult anything with Cliff on it. That's blasphemy. I would pay anything for this. And you people complain because you couldn't get it at the same time as your britney spears cd. Well who cares about you. You are merely being a d**che and getting in the way of more people experiencing this. You are therefore slowing down civilization by tricking people into not buying this you filthy d**chbags. "Metallica when they were still (mostly) Metallica" Yea, I'm a bitter, long-haired, middle-aged man who dislikes the more recent exploits of Metallica. However, this DVD is an example of how a great band can be popular yet still keep their underground credibility (now gone). Putting together bootlegged fan footage with some professional footage makes this DVD visually interesting without resorting to overproduced flashiness. The footage from their early days (Dave Mustaine!) and the seeming spy camera work on Cliff's drug deals/dens is essential to add to the graininess of the tale. Even on the "present day" (1987) footage, the rough camera work with the other 3 drinking beer, listening to the radio (is that Tesla?) and just hanging out is the essence of what Metallica was in the eyes of their long-time fans. This DVD is a touching tribute to an integral member of the band and an important document in the history of Metallica for those who know nothing of them before "King Nothing" or even "Enter Sandman." "One Rule: BURTON IS GOD!!!!" Oh how I miss Master Burton. Its so unfortunate that he died when his tour bus flipped over and it was all the more sad that I found this out when I just became a huge fan of his. He is God of bass and can really be matched by no bass player, not even John Deacon (Queen) or John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), hell they dont even come within a hundred lightyears of Cliffs godliness. Cliff deserved so much more than what he got and its videos like these that remind me of the good old days of Metallica, not when they and they're music went to hell with 'Load'. When Cliff died it only led me to believe "What if?" and that question has been plaguing my thoughts ever since. If Cliff hadn't been killed than it seems to me that Metallica WOULD release the follow up to Master of Puppets called ...And Justice for All but wouldn't release crap like the Loads or St. Anger. Maybe they would have made thrash popular and destroy hairmetal before horrible grunge (besides Nirvana) and nu-metal surfaced. Cliff you were the heart of Metallica and without you the band will never relive what they started, may God rest your soul and lead you to...ETERNAL THRASH!!!! YEAH WE KNOW YOU WANT THAT! Right, about this DVD. This really brings out the Godliness of Burton with 'Sanitarium' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' being the best live songs. James, Kirk and Lars arent half bad themselves in fact they really are quite amazing here as well but its Master Burton that really shines on this DVD. I couldn't really say anything that hasn't already been said about this masterpiece. So this is for ANY Metallica fan that is willing to spend $20, which shouldn't be too difficult. Just buy it dammit and see the Jimi Hendrix of bass! "Never Happy Endings..." ...but you've still got the records when your heroes are gone. All of Metallica's 80s output is 5 star stuff; Metallica's cover versions alone wipe the floor with most bands' music(including Limp Bizkit, buddy) and this collection of (mostly) rough bootleg footage is no exception. I remember many teenage basement and rec room viewing parties when this came out, but I have one complaint: these guys have(deservedly) attained a private jet and personal chef level of success in the ensuing years, and they couldn't throw any bonus stuff on here? RIP Cliff