| Video Rewind | |
| Director: | Julien Temple |
| Starring: | Bill Wyman Mick Jagger |
| Music: | The Rolling Stones |
| Language: | English |
Video Rewind is a compilation of video clips by English rock band the Rolling Stones, recorded between 1972–1984. Instead of presenting unrelated clips and videos strung together, it uses a framing story directed by Julien Temple, featuring Bill Wyman and Mick Jagger, and also includes some footage directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. It was first released in 1984 on the VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc, and CED Videodisc formats by Vestron home video.
The video starts with Bill Wyman—who conceived and developed the compilation[1] —in a guard's uniform, making his way through the British Museum, until he reaches a buried storage room with the label, "Exhibit of Ancient Antiquities". He gains entrance with an American Express Gold Card. Inside the room is a plethora of rock memorabilia. Wyman walks through, making comments on some of the items: "A Gary Glitter chest wig... authentic!". On seeing a c.1965 Paul McCartney jacket with an MBE on it, he comments, "They never did give us one of these, did they?", and takes it from the jacket. He sits down at a computer terminal and pulls up the first video. After the first video, he remembers that something might be in the room. He pulls a cloth off an exhibit, which is Jagger in suspended animation, wearing a c.1973 stage outfit. Wyman wakes Jagger up and they go through the exhibit, "playing" videos on such things as a microwave oven and an old TV, but mostly on Wyman's stylized computer, making pithy comments all throughout.
The piece ends with real museum guards crashing through the locked door and carrying Wyman off, Jagger still in the exhibit glass. The image fades to Wyman being woken up by Jagger backstage, as it's time to go on. However, Wyman now has an MBE on his jacket.
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