"Shut Up & Sing" travels with the Dixie Chicks, from the peak of their popularity as the national-anthem-singing darlings of country music and top-selling female recording artists of all time, through the now infamous anti-Bush comment made by the group's lead singer in 2003. The film follows the lives and careers of the Dixie Chicks over a period of three years during which they were under political attack and received death threats, while continuing to live their lives, have children, and of course make music. The film ultimately presents who the Dixie Chicks are as women, public figures, and musicians.
Production Cabin Creek Films;
Cast Names Clayton Allen; Billy B.; Paul Beane; Aaron Brown; Pat Buchanan; George W. Bush; Randy Carroll; Dick Cheney; Anderson Cooper; Lewis Dickey; Smokey Hormel; Toby Keith; Rob Light; Gareth Maguire; Bill Maher; Lloyd Maines; Kidd Manning; John McCain; John Meglen; Bill O'Reilly; Adrian Pasdar; Jackson Slade Pasdar; Colin Powell; Simon Renshaw; Charlie Robison; Henry Benjamin Robison; Charles Augustus Robsion; Rick Rubin; Donald Rumsfeld; Jim Scott;
Box Office USD 1,215,045
Release Date 2006-09-30 (Aspen Film Festval) 2006-10-01 * (Chicago International Film Festival) 2006-10-15 (Woodstock Film Festival) 2006-10-19 (Austin Film Festival) 2006-10-27 (limited) 2006-11-10
Genres Documentary; Biography; Music;
Running Time 1 hr. 33 min. 1 hr. 39 min. (Toronto International Film Festival)