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Take That: For the Record
Take That: For the Record is a television documentary about the English boy band Take That. It was originally screened in 2005, a decade after the group had originally split up.
Take That: For the Record is a documentary recording of the first reunion since the band's 1996 split. Aired on 17 November 2005, it reached an audience of over six million viewers.
Marking the tenth anniversary since the group's disbandment, the documentary featured all the members of Take That in recorded interviews, including former member Robbie Williams, who was not physically present at their reunion. The production company, Back2back productions, won a Grierson Award for Best Documentary on the Arts.
Following the telecast of the documentary and subsequent interest in the band, Take That announced they were to go on tour again. The band's Ultimate Tour 2006 was also recorded and released on the video release Take That: The Ultimate Tour the following year. The documentary was released on DVD in April 2006. The DVD also contains over 100 minutes of rare and previously unseen footage, including clips of Howard Donald's unreleased single "Speak Without Words".
The documentary starts with each band member describing how they were found by their manager Nigel Martin-Smith, who acknowledges that a demo tape from Gary Barlow with a song called "A Million Love Songs" triggered his decision to form a band.
Reviewing their early years, the band comment on their early performances in schools and gay clubs as well as their first single, "Do What U Like". Gary acknowledges that neither the song nor the video was brilliant, but they were important in helping the band getting noticed. Their follow-up single "Promises" is shown as they remember themselves going around the country performing roadshows and Robbie Williams remembering his fascination with the song being their first chart entry. Barlow admits he felt defeated releasing a cover version of Tavares's 1970s hit "It Only Takes a Minute" in order to get officially noticed by the world.
Looking back on their first No. 1 single "Pray", Barlow claims he was determined to write an unbelievable second album (Everything Changes), and believes it was the first song that allowed people to take them seriously, despite their image becoming dominated by sexy images of the band and realising how successful they had become, primarily with girls becoming obsessed with them. Jason Orange reflects on his friendship with Lulu following the success of their cover version of Dan Hartman's 1970s hit "Relight My Fire", stating that she met the success of the band very well despite Nigel Martin-Smith stating that the record company preferred a black diva. Fans interviewed tell that the life of a Take That fan revolved entirely around the band. Security guards escorting the band reflect on the danger and harm that was caused by pulling the band through crowds and protecting them from obscene behaviour from fans. Following on from the band's split, the film depicts the hurt and pain felt by devoted fans and the suicide counselling lines that were set up for young women.
The documentary details the cracks that began to form after the band achieved success, with the band acknowledging that the arguments between them were escalating to greater degrees, and that perhaps too much money was coming in for them to handle. The film's main focus on this is the drug and alcohol abuse from Williams, with the band acknowledging that they would never have guessed the amount of booze and drugs he was taking. Barlow says they always saw him as a lively person who never wanted to be taken seriously.
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Take That: For the Record
Take That: For the Record is a television documentary about the English boy band Take That. It was originally screened in 2005, a decade after the group had originally split up.
Take That: For the Record is a documentary recording of the first reunion since the band's 1996 split. Aired on 17 November 2005, it reached an audience of over six million viewers.
Marking the tenth anniversary since the group's disbandment, the documentary featured all the members of Take That in recorded interviews, including former member Robbie Williams, who was not physically present at their reunion. The production company, Back2back productions, won a Grierson Award for Best Documentary on the Arts.
Following the telecast of the documentary and subsequent interest in the band, Take That announced they were to go on tour again. The band's Ultimate Tour 2006 was also recorded and released on the video release Take That: The Ultimate Tour the following year. The documentary was released on DVD in April 2006. The DVD also contains over 100 minutes of rare and previously unseen footage, including clips of Howard Donald's unreleased single "Speak Without Words".
The documentary starts with each band member describing how they were found by their manager Nigel Martin-Smith, who acknowledges that a demo tape from Gary Barlow with a song called "A Million Love Songs" triggered his decision to form a band.
Reviewing their early years, the band comment on their early performances in schools and gay clubs as well as their first single, "Do What U Like". Gary acknowledges that neither the song nor the video was brilliant, but they were important in helping the band getting noticed. Their follow-up single "Promises" is shown as they remember themselves going around the country performing roadshows and Robbie Williams remembering his fascination with the song being their first chart entry. Barlow admits he felt defeated releasing a cover version of Tavares's 1970s hit "It Only Takes a Minute" in order to get officially noticed by the world.
Looking back on their first No. 1 single "Pray", Barlow claims he was determined to write an unbelievable second album (Everything Changes), and believes it was the first song that allowed people to take them seriously, despite their image becoming dominated by sexy images of the band and realising how successful they had become, primarily with girls becoming obsessed with them. Jason Orange reflects on his friendship with Lulu following the success of their cover version of Dan Hartman's 1970s hit "Relight My Fire", stating that she met the success of the band very well despite Nigel Martin-Smith stating that the record company preferred a black diva. Fans interviewed tell that the life of a Take That fan revolved entirely around the band. Security guards escorting the band reflect on the danger and harm that was caused by pulling the band through crowds and protecting them from obscene behaviour from fans. Following on from the band's split, the film depicts the hurt and pain felt by devoted fans and the suicide counselling lines that were set up for young women.
The documentary details the cracks that began to form after the band achieved success, with the band acknowledging that the arguments between them were escalating to greater degrees, and that perhaps too much money was coming in for them to handle. The film's main focus on this is the drug and alcohol abuse from Williams, with the band acknowledging that they would never have guessed the amount of booze and drugs he was taking. Barlow says they always saw him as a lively person who never wanted to be taken seriously.