The untitled feature is described as the first fully authorized doc on the band.
BY MIA GALUPPO NOVEMBER 19, 2024 HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Fleetwood Mac is finally getting the documentary treatment thanks to Frank Marshall.
Fleetwood Mac in the late 70s
Marshall, who was behind music docs The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart and The Beach Boys, will direct what is being described by distributor Apple as the first fully authorized doc on the band.
Tuesday’s announcement says the untitled doc will see Fleetwood Mac “share their extraordinary story in their own words,” adding that the film will feature never-before-seen footage, exclusive new interviews, and archival interviews of the late Christine McVie. (McVie died in 2022. She was 79.)
An extract from the biography of the Fleetwood Mac legend reveals how drugs, booze and illicit sex took a toll on the band’s relationships
A fascinating dynamic: John and Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac | Credit: Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo
By Lesley-Ann Jones 12 Nov 2024 – 07:15PM GMT
One of the great misconceptions about Fleetwood Mac is how Rumours came about. The band’s 11th album was designed, you often hear, to chronicle the breakdowns between three couples: Mick Fleetwood and his wife Jenny Boyd, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, and John and Christine McVie. As such, it’s often referred to as a “journey album”, even a “concept album”. There was no pre-planned structure. Drugs, booze, illicit sex and affairs simply took their toll, and as their relationships fell apart, Christine, Stevie and Lindsey all separately brought to the table cathartic pieces that laid bare their own pain, anger, despair – and a little hope.
As they began recording Rumours at the Record Plant Studios in Sausalito, California in February 1976, the band’s producer Ken Caillat soon got the measure of those five distinct personalities. Mick, for instance, was the leader, and a control freak: he would go all night if he could, and sod the home life. Stevie was “the new girl”, she and boyfriend Lindsey having joined the band only in January 1975, who was infuriatingly precious about “her words”. Woe betide anyone who suggested an alteration.
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