Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp were important players in The Who's career. Eager to produce a film based on rock 'n' roll as amateur filmmakers, they ended up managing the group, bringing their music to a wider audience and gleaning interest from the US music industry with top albums such as 'Who's Next', 'Tommy' and 'A Quick One'. They wanted to mentor and document a band that would become renowned for their misfit music and rebellious lifestyle, but within ten years the relationship between the Lambert and Stamp and the band was broken down beyond repair as serious financial issues arose, and their drug fuelled lifestyles began to take their toll on their success.
'Lambert & Stamp' is a deeply honest documentary about the role the New Wave filmmakers played in The Who's career. Featuring interviews with Kit Lambert himself (though not, of course, the late Chris Stamp who passed away in 2012), founding members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, and Stamp's Academy Award nominated filmstar brother Terence Stamp, the film has been directed by cinematographer James D. Cooper in his directorial debut. It premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and will be released in the US on April 3rd 2015.
Starring: Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Chris Stamp, Kit Lambert, Richard Barnes, Heather Daltrey, John Hemming, Terence Stamp, Irish Jack, Robert Fearnley-Whittingstall