Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White are known globally for their guitar-playing prowess. Thanks to Oscar-winning documentary director Davis Guggenheim, the trio will be on screen together to discuss their craft.
Think of it as a summit meeting of three of the best guitar players alive.
In "It Might Get Loud" the generation gap among the three virtuosos isn't evident as they swap stories on a small platform built in an empty soundstage. The trio share influences and teach each other new songs.
For the uninitiated, Page is the guitarist from the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin; The Edge is Bono's right-hand man in U2; White is the voice and the leading sound behind The White Stripes and The Raconteurs.
"I plan to trick these guys into teaching me all their tricks," says White on the way to the meeting.
What is learned is that The Edge is a perfectionist in the studio trying to find the perfect sound, while on stage, will often use different effects on each of the 23 songs in a U2 concert.
White is shown making a slide guitar out of a rotted wooden board, an empty glass soda bottle and some wires plugged into an amp.
Page takes the filmmakers inside his London home for the first time ever, playing his favorite records and breaking out the air guitar.
Guggenheim says the filming took place over the course of a year in London, Dublin and Nashville, Tenn. On the journey, Page goes inside the stone halls of Headley Grange where "Stairway to Heaven" was composed; White composes a song on-camera inside a Tennessee farmhouse; and The Edge allows access to the dimly lit Dublin studio where he lays down the initial guitar tracks for U2's forthcoming single.
The three come together in Hollywood, with their guitars and crews, in front of seven cameras.
"It was like a three-ring circus," Guggenheim says. "I'll never forget the look on the crews' faces when Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White, turned on their amps and started playing together."
"It Might Get Loud" was showcased at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival and the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. It will be released in New York and Los Angeles Aug. 14 with wider release expected later this year.
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