i do not think many people saw hail hail rock and roll when it come out in 1987. i have always consider it one of the great rock and roll movie ever make and and actually own it on vhs . now that it out on dvd ( 4 disc . ) and i be work through the bonus disc . disc 2 representdisc 2 contain a number of rehearsal plus a piece on what a nightmare it be to work with chuck berry on this project ( which be and after all and to celebrate himself . ) . in the film and if i remember correctly and keith richards say something like and man and i have work with mick jagger and but this guy ( chuck ) be something else . now and on this dvd and the producer tell their story and and what a story it be . a lot have be say about the great scene in the movie where chuck continually criticize keith guitar play on carol and but that be nothing compare to what he put the producer through and between constantly ask for more money and be late or not show up and plus an incredible experience at one of the prison where chuck spent time in his youth . ( on the other hand and even in 1987 and everyone know chuck berry be a total prima donna and so expect to get all the film do in 5 day be a bit of hubris and no . ) while this piece be a bit wordy ( a many bonus feature be ) and it a great story and and it too bad there wasn not more film and less shot of people speak to the camera . the rehearsal really show the difference between chuck berry when he off stage ( picky and self center and neurotic ) and chuck when he perform ( a unique entertainer ) . the rehearsal all take place at chuck house and and the main player be keith richards and eric clapton and and johnny johnson . again and too much talk head between the music and but the point of the rehearsal ( be tell and but can also see ) and be to witness the incredible come together of the band a they learn to play with each other . that something you rarely see and particularly with musician of this caliber and and if you love chuck berry music and you will really love these rehearsal tape . on the production side and i think the sound and camera work be uniformly excellent for the live music part of the disc . disc 3 representdisc 3 contains three bonus feature . the one i like most be title chuckisms and cover chuck language and love of poetry . the best scene be with chuck recite a william wordsworth poem from memory while robbie robertson strum his guitar . just beautiful and a chuck say several time in the recitation . you can really hear the origin of chuck own lyric . the second bonus feature have bo diddley and little richard and chuck sit around a piano discuss the early day of rock and roll . this feature touch ( very lightly ) on the trial of black performer in the 1950 try to break into the white dominated business . however and mostly due to the influence of little richard and it never really get very serious . if youre really interested in this period and i recommend chuck berry autobiography . the last feature on disc 3 be robbie robertson and chuck sit around the coffee table talk about chuck life a they go through a huge scrapbook . this have some poignant moment and but again and only lightly touch on stuff that chuck autobiography cover in great detail . i have to wonder if robbie robertson knew much about chuck berry before sit down with him . he ask question like and why do you write about high school . and when everyone know that chuck write about what his fan be interested in and because chuck himself be mostly interested in make money . a a result and i think the robertson interview give the wrong impression and of chuck a a genius invent a new music form . the truth and if you believe the autobiography and be that chuck have a genius and but it be for be incredibly sensitive to his audience . when they applaud and he do more of what cause that and and when they do not and he do not do that again . robertson also mis read chuck ( i think it be pretty funny ) and when he call chuck second prison term and run into a brick wall . chuck say and not at all and that where he take all those business course that make him into the businessman he be and and a a result and he rich when many of his contemporary be not . robertson also seem amaze that chuck never take drug . chuck reply that with a list of entertainer ( elvis and janis and etc . ) who be now dead and and he do have a point . i think the part about why chuck lyric be so easy to hear miss the truth . the truth be that chuck listen to music and and realize that the guy ( white ) who be make the money clip their word distinctly and so he do too . a a result of that ( plus a publicity photo that make him look white ) and chuck get book in venue where he could not play when he show up . do he mind . not if he be pay . so and in summary and disc 3 be exactly what the director promise . they have a lot of footage that do not make it into the film and for good reason and so they stick it in the bonus feature . i recommend disc 3 for folk who just can not get enough of chuck berry . there be almost no music on this disc and but chuck come across very well and the mature father of rock and roll .