For more than 30 years, Tom Petty has been writing and performing hit songs and rock and roll classics. He has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. His music has been the soundtrack to the lives of millions of people who grew up in the 70s, 80s and 90s.
In this 4-Disc set, the story of one of America’s great rock and roll bands is told as never before. At the heart of the package is “Runnin’ Down A Dream,” a film directed by cinema legend Peter Bogdanovich. Tracking Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from their Gainesville beginnings to their 30th anniversary celebration, Runnin’ Down A Dream is the hardhitting account of a band that became a family and, along the way, left a body of work that is among the richest deposits in American musical history.
This box set contains:
Runnin´ Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. A Film by Peter Bogdanovich
A 4 disc set - 3 DVDs with over 5 hours of video, 1 CD of rare and unreleased tracks.
2 DVD, four hour Director´s cut of famed Peter Bogdanovich´s Runnin´ Down a Dream
This movie contains hours of never before seen footage and interviews with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers plus music from the storied rock band´s entire career. The movie features interviews with George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Jeff Lynne, Rick Rubin, Johnny Depp, Jackson Browne and more.
Also 1 DVD of the celebrated 30th Anniversary Concert in Heartbreaker hometown, Gainesville Florida
The fourth disc in this set includes rare and unreleased material from the film. There’s a 1977 rehearsal of “Breakdown,” a version of John Sebastian’s “Stories We Could Tell” from rehearsal for French television, “Honey Bee” from Saturday Night Live with Dave Grohl on drums, a first-take, first-time recording of Hank Williams’ classic “Lost Highway,” and more. It’s a striking collection that offers its own striking vantage point on thirty years of Heartbreaker history.
