Rolling Stones Film Releases April 4th

The Rolling Stones film will feature Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts

By: Kristin Turner
Mar 30, 2008, 11:04 PM EDT

Director Martin Scorsese is set to release a Rolling Stones concert documentary that was filmed at New York's Beacon Theatre in October 2006. The interesting film is set to release on April 4.

The film, "Shine A Light," features the legendary band members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts.

"I don't know if I can make any direct associations," Scorsese said with a laugh when asked what similarities he sees between the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members and the brutal criminals he has depicted in entertaining films such as "Goodfellas, " "Casino" and "The Departed."

However, the native New Yorker says their music has always struck powerful chords with him, so much that he used the group's violence-laced song "Gimme Shelter" in three of his previous films.

"The music has been very important to me over the years. It dealt with aspects of the life that I was growing up around, that I was associated with or saw or was experiencing and trying to make sense of," Scorsese said.

"It was tougher, it had an edge. Beautiful, honest and brutal at times - and, it's always stayed with me and become a well of inspiration to this day," he added.

The film offers 17 songs mainly comprised of concert warhorses like "Jumpin' Jack Flash, " "Start Me Up" and "Brown Sugar," and features guest appearances by blues legend Buddy Guy, White Stripes guitarist Jack White and singer Christina Aguilera.