RED HOT & BLUE: A TRIBUTE TO COLE PORTER TO BENEFIT
AIDS RESEARCH AND RELIEF (TV)
Summary
In this program, designed to promote awareness of the
AIDS crisis worldwide, various international music
groups perform their unique, updated versions of Cole
Porter's music in a series of music videos. The diverse
musical styles in the videos include rock and roll, rap,
jazz, and country. The music videos are interspersed
with "art breaks" that offer information about the HIV
virus; silent skits performed by Bill Irwin; interview
clips of various artists who perform in the videos
talking about their interest in this project, AIDS, and
safe sex; and special interview segments with John
Malkovich and Jean Paul Gaultier. Musical highlights
include "Don't Fence Me In," performed and directed by
David Byrne; "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Neneh
Cherry); "From This Moment On" (Jimmy Somerville);
"After You, Who?" (Jody Watley); an African version of
"Begin The Beguine" by Salif Keita featuring Les Ballets
Africans; "Too Darn Hot" (Erasure); "You Do Something to
Me" (Sinead O'Connor); "I Get a Kick" (The Jungle
Brothers); The Neville Brothers with "In the Still of
the Night," directed by Jonathan Demme; kd lang with "So
In Love;" "I Love Paris," performed in English by the
French group Les Negresses Vertes; "Do I Love You?"
(Aztec Camera); a hilarious version of "Well, Did You
Evah!" performed by Deborah Harry and Iggy Pop,
featuring newsreel clips of the gala premiere for the
film "High Society" with commentary by Michael
Fitzmaurice and a film clip of Frank Sinatra and Bing
Crosby performing the song; "Down in the Depths"
performed by Lisa Stansfield and directed by Philippe
Gautier; "Miss Otis Regrets"/"Just One of Those Things"
performed by the Pogues and featured singer Kirsty
MacColl, directed by Neil Jordan; "It's Alright with Me"
(Tom Waits); "Night and Day" (U2); and the touching
"Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye" (Annie Lennox). As the
credits role, Cole Porter's voice is heard singing
"You're the Top."
(This program is an unedited, home video release. An
edited version of the program aired on ABC on Dec. 1,
1990, and featured additional hosts who do not appear in
this version. The longer version aired on Dec. 2, 1990
on Channel 4 in England.)
Cataloging of this program was made possible by Blake
Byrne.
Details
- NETWORK: Home Video
- DATE: 1990
- RUNNING TIME: 1:27:28
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:26599
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: AIDS (disease); Composers; Country music; Jazz; Music, popular (songs, etc.); Music videos; Rap music; Rock music; Video art
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- For "Red Hot & Blue":
- John Carlin … Executive Producer, Created by
- F. Richard Pappas … Executive Producer
- Nik Powell … Executive Producer
- Stephen Woolley … Executive Producer
- Leigh Blake … Producer, Created by
- Joanne Sellar … Co-Producer
- Jill Creter … Coordinating Producer
- Joel Hinman … Associate Producer
- Katy McGuinness … Production (Misc.), Production Executive for Palace
- Steve Lillywhite … Music (Misc. Credits), Supervising Musical Producer
- Thompson Twins, The … Performers
- John Malkovich … Special Appearance by
- Bill Irwin … Special Appearance by
- Jean Paul Gaultier … Special Appearance by, with others
- Cole Porter
- Frank Sinatra
- Bing Crosby
- Michael Fitzmaurice
- "Don't Fence Me In":
- Joel Hinman … Producer
- David Byrne … Director, Performer
- "I've Got You Under My Skin":
- Phillippe Dupuis Mendel … Producer
- Jean Baptiste Mondino … Director
- Neneh Cherry … Performer
- "From This Moment On":
- Lee Rolontz … Producer
- Steve McLean … Director
- Jimmy Somerville … Performer
- "After You, Who?":
- Kim Dempster … Producer
- Matthew Rolston … Director
- Jody Watley … Performer
- "Begin The Beguine":
- Charlotte Metcalf … Producer
- Zak Ove … Director
- Salif Keita … Performer
- Les Ballets Africans … Featured dancers
- "Too Darn Hot":
- Marshall Persinger … Producer
- Adelle Lutz … Director
- Sandy McLeod … Director
- Erasure … Music Group
- "You Do Something to Me":
- Sam Cox … Producer
- Patrice Haddad … Producer
- John Maybury … Director
- Sinead O'Connor … Performer
- "I Get a Kick":
- Brett King … Producer
- Mark Pellington … Director
- Jungle Brothers, The … Music Group
- "In the Still Of the Night":
- Loretta Farb … Producer
- Jonathan Demme … Director
- Neville Brothers, The … Music Group
- "So In Love":
- Eleonore Adlon … Producer
- Percy Adlon … Director
- kd lang … Performer
- "I Love Paris":
- Polly Beaumont … Producer
- Roger Pomphrey … Director
- Negresses Vertes, Les … Music Group
- "Do I Love You?":
- Kate Phillips … Producer
- John Scarlett-Davis … Director
- Aztec Camera … Music Group
- "Well, Did You Evah!":
- Jim Czarnecki … Producer
- Alex Cox … Director
- Harry, Deborah (See also: Harry, Debbie) … Performer
- Iggy Pop … Performer
- "Down in the Depths":
- Sarah Bayliss … Producer
- Philippe Gautier … Director
- Lisa Stansfield … Performer
- "Miss Otis Regrets"/"Just One of Those Things":
- Joanne Sellar … Producer
- James O'Brien … Producer
- Neil Jordan … Director
- Micha Berghese … Choreographer
- Kirsty MacColl … Performer
- The Pogues … Music Group
- "It's Alright with Me":
- Sara Driver … Producer
- Jim Jarmusch … Director, Photographed by
- Tom Waits … Performer
- "Night and Day":
- Jolande Darbyshire … Producer
- Wim Wenders … Director, Photographed by
- U2 … Music Group
- "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye":
- Polly Beaumont … Producer
- Ed Lachman … Director, Photographed by
- Annie Lennox … Performer
- Sonny Rollins
- "Bill Irwin Skits":
- Marshall Persinger … Producer
- Adelle Lutz … Director
- Sandy McLeod … Director
- Bill Irwin … Performer
- "Art Breaks":
- Caesar Video Graphics … Production Company
- Marcy Brafman … Producer
- Matthew Duntemann … Director
- Rick Spain … Animation
- Sue Coe … "Art Breaks" by
- Gran Fury … "Art Breaks" by
- Keith Haring … "Art Breaks" by
- Jenny Holzer … "Art Breaks" by
- Barbara Kruger … "Art Breaks" by
- Suzan Pitt … "Art Breaks" by
- David Wojnarowicz … "Art Breaks" by