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Summary
FOO FIGHTERS BACK AND FORTH chronicles the 16 year history of the Foo Fighters: from the band's very first songs created as cassette demos Dave Grohl recorded during his tenure as Nirvana's drummer, through its ascent to their Grammy-winning, multi-platinum, arena and stadium headlining status as one of the biggest rock bands on the planet.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 89GoodWatch 85
Audience score96%
IMDb8.2
Running time
1 h 41 min
A typical length for documentaries, +5 min on the typical 96
typical 96101Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 21 countries, rent or buy in 18 more
+11Released
2011
April 5, 2011
15 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryMusicLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
and 3 moreDirecting · 1
- James Moll Director, Producer
Production · 9
- Alexander Yves Brunner Executive Producer
- Jeanne Elfant Festa Executive Producer
- Gaby Skolnek Executive Producer
- Glen Zipper Executive Producer
- Michele Farinola Executive Producer
- John Silva Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Harris Done Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Tim Calandrello Editor
Sound · 2
- Ethan Beigel Sound Editor
- David Barnaby Sound Editor
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