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Pearl Jam Twenty
Directed by	Cameron Crowe
Written by	Cameron Crowe
Produced by	Michele Anthony Cameron Crowe Morgan Neville
Cinematography	Nicola B. Marsh
Release dates	September 10, 2011 (2011-09-10) (TIFF) September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20) (US)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Pearl Jam Twenty (also known as PJ20) is a 2011 American documentary directed by Cameron Crowe about the band Pearl Jam. Preliminary footage was being shot as of June 2010. Crowe completed filming in April 2011, after using 12,000 hours of footage of the band for the documentary. The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and also had an accompanying book and soundtrack.

The documentary charts the history of the band, from the demise of Mother Love Bone, their battle against Ticketmaster and the tragedy of the Roskilde Festival in 2000.

The film was presented theatrically at select cinemas in the US during the month of September 2011, and premiered on October 21, 2011, on PBS' American Masters. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 24, 2011. A book, written by Jonathan Cohen, was published concurrent to the film's release.

Cast

• Eddie Vedder
• Stone Gossard
• Jeff Ament
• Mike McCready
• Matt Cameron
• Chris Cornell
• Kurt Cobain
• Neil Young

Soundtrack

The film soundtrack includes live recordings from 1990 through 2010.

Charts

Certifications

References

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External links

• Pearl Jam 20 at IMDb

• 2011 films
• 2011 documentary films
• American documentary films
• Rockumentaries
• Documentary films about Seattle
• Films directed by Cameron Crowe
• Films produced by Cameron Crowe
• Pearl Jam
• American Masters films
• Vinyl Films films
• 2010s English-language films
• 2010s American films
• English-language documentary films