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The Nevilles on Film *
Many good documentaries and musical performances have been aired on TV over the years, but the only videos listed here are those which have been released commercially.
1974
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Soundtrack allegedly includes music by the Meters |
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1978
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Always For Pleasure |
Documentary featuring interviews with (and musical performances by) the Neville Brothers |
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1980
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Heartbeat |
Soundtrack includes Aaron's "I Love Her Too" |
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1987
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The Big Easy |
Soundtrack includes the Wild Tchoupitoulas' "Hey Hey (Indians Comin')" and the Nevilles' live recording of "Tell It Like It Is." |
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1988
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Everybody's All American |
Aaron portrays "Man With a Gun" |
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| My Stepmother Is An Alien | Soundtrack includes Ivan's "Not Just Another Girl" |
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| A Reggae Session |
Live Performance The Neville Brothers perform "My Blood" and "Ain't No Use" with Carlos Santana
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1989
| The Neville Brothers and Friends: Tell It Like It Is (Cinemax Sessions) |
Live Performance The Neville Brothers are joined by a host of topnotch guests for an hourlong show recorded in their hometown in 1989. |
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| Best of the Fest |
Live Performance A compilation of various Jazz Fest performances. Includes "Big Chief" and "Fire on the Bayou" by the Neville Brothers. |
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| Rainman | Soundtrack includes Aaron's "Stardust" |
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The Mighty Quinn |
Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Yellow Moon" |
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| Rob Wasserman's Duets |
Concept Video Includes Aaron's "Stardust" |
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| Skin Deep | Soundtrack includes Ivan's "Falling Out Of Love" |
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1990
| Bird on a Wire | Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Bird on a Wire" |
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| Pump Up The Volume | Soundtrack includes Ivan's "Why Can't I Fall In Love" |
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Tune in Tomorrow |
Brothers portray a night club quartet and perform "Goin' Back to New Orleans." Unfortunately, the song does not appear on the soundtrack cd. |
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| Viva Mandela |
Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "My Blood" (from the Cinemax Sessions performance |
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| Red Hot and Blue |
Concept Video Includes The Neville Brothers' video for "In The Still Of The Night" |
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1991
| Neville Brothers: The Video Collection (Japan Only) |
Concept Video 6 Neville Brothers videos ("River of Life," "With God on Our Side," "Bird on a Wire," "Fearless," "Sieter Rosa" and "Sister Rosa [Remix]") |
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| Zandalee | Aaron portrays Jack the bartender |
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Ricochet |
Charles portrays One of Odessa's Men |
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| City of Hope | Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Fearless" |
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| Rich Girl | Soundtrack includes Ivan's "Not Just Another Girl" |
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1992
| Used People | Soundtrack includes Aaron's "Tell It Like It Is" |
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| The Bodyguard | Soundtrack includes Aaron's "Even If My Heart Would Break" |
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Wild Orchid 2 : Blue Movie Blue (aka "Wild Orchid 2: Shades of Blue) |
Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Sons and Daughters (Reprise)" |
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| Let The Good Times Roll: A Film About The Roots of American Music | Documentary featuring live performances by the Neville Brothers (collectively and separately) |
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| Pavarotti and Friends |
Live Performance Neville Brothers perform "One More Day" and Aaron performs "Ave Maria." Performances are lip-synced to the studio recordings, so they are NOT actually live. |
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1993
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Fire in the Sky |
Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Sons and Daughters (Reprise)" |
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| Alive | Soundtrack includes Aaron's recording of "Ave Maria" |
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Aaron portrays Railroad singer Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Let That Hammer Fall." |
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| A Bronx Tale | Soundtrack includes Aaron's "Tell It Like It Is" |
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| Calendar Girl | Soundtrack
includes Aaron's "Out Of My Dreams" |
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| Philadelphia | Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Sister Rosa" |
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| Dr. John - New Orleans Swamp |
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Runaway Daughters |
Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Let The Good Times Roll." Soundtrack cd is titled "Fast Track to Nowhere." |
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Last Ride (aka FTW aka Fuck the World) |
Aaron portrays Snake |
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| Jimmy Hollywood | Soundtrack includes Robbie Robertson's "What About Now" (with Ivan and Aaron) |
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| Rhythm, Country and Blues | Documentary about the recording of the album of the same name. Includes Aaron's duet with Trisha Yearwood ("I Fall To Pieces") |
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| Aaron Neville's Christmas in New Orleans | Aaron's Christmas show, broadcast (and released on home video) by the Family Channel. |
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| Harry Connick Jr. - The Christmas Special | Aaron sings "The Christmas Song" (solo) and "I Pray on Christmas" (with Connick) |
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1995
| Money Train | Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Hold On, I'm Comin'" |
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Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead |
Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Born Under A Bad Sign" |
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| Space Jam | Soundtrack includes the Spin Doctors's "That's The Way (I Like It)" (with Ivan) |
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1996
| Mulholland Falls |
Aaron portrays Nite Spot Singer Soundtrack includes Aaron's "Harbor Lights" |
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The Fan |
Aaron portrays Opening Game Singer (and performs the Star Spangled Banner) |
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Get On The Bus |
Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Over A Million Strong" |
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| Phenomenon | Soundtrack includes Aaron's "Crazy Love" |
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| The Truth About Cats and Dogs | Soundtrack includes Aaron's "I Can't Imagine" |
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| Follow Me Home | Soundtrack score composed by Cyril |
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| Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan |
Live Performance Art performs on "Six Strings Down," "Tick Tock" and "SRV Shuffle" |
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| The Grateful Dead - Ticket to New Year's |
Live Performance Members of the Neville Brothers perform on "Woman Smarter," "Iko Iko," "Day-O," "Do You Wanna Dance," and "Knockin on Heaven's Door" |
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1997
| McHale's Navy | Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Hey Pocky Way" |
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A Smile Like Yours |
Soundtrack includes Ivan's "Baby You've Got What It Takes" |
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| Jackie Brown | Soundtrack includes the Meters' "Cissy Strut" |
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| Chasing Amy | Soundtrack includes the Meters' "Live Wire" |
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1998
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Beloved |
Gaynielle portrays "One of the thirty women" |
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1999
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Around The Fire |
Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Brother John" and the Meters' "He Bite Me" and "Tippie Toes" |
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| The First Waltz: A benefit for Neon Street featuring The Nicholas Tremulis Band | Ivan performs with the Nicholas Tremulis Band |
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2000
| Black Indians: An American Story | Soundtrack includes "With God on Our Side" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" (Cyril is acknowledged in the final credits as well.) |
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Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepytime Tales |
Soundtrack includes Aaron's "Brahm's Lullaby" |
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2001
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Boycott |
Aaron portrays Angry Neighbor Also,
Soundtrack includes Aaron's "Ella's Song" (with Sweet Honey
In The Rock And Lamar |
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| Legends of New Orleans |
Documentary Includes performances of "Fire on the Bayou," "Crazy Love" and "Tipitina" by the Neville Brothers |
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| Maangamizi: The Ancient One | Soundtrack composed by Cyril |
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2002
| The Wire (HBO Series) | Soundtrack includes the Neville Brothers' "Way Down in The Hole" (second season only) |
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| Without A Trace | Soundtrack includes Aaron's recording of "I Shall Be Released" (Season One, Episode 13) |
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| Drumline | Soundtrack inckudes the Meters' "Look-Ka Py Py" |
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| Little People Big Discoveries | Soundtrack includes Aaron's singing the theme song |
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2003
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Bruce Almighty |
Soundtrack includes Aaron and Linda Ronstandt's "Don't Know Much" |
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| Calendar Girls | Soundtrack includes the Meters' "Ride Your Pony" |
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| Dancing To New Orleans | Documentary includes live performance by the Neville Brothers |
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| Visions of Gospel Volume 1 |
Concept Video Includes Aaron's "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus." |
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2004
| The Best of the Neville Brothers: The DVD Collection |
Concept Video 5 Neville Brothers Videos ("Yellow Moon," "Bird on a Wire," "Sister Rosa," "Fearless" and "Fly Like and Eagle [7" remix].") |
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| Wow Gospel 2004 |
Concept Video Includes Aaron's "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus." |
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| Blind Boys of Alabama: Go Tell It on the Mountain - Live in New York |
Live Performance Aaron performs "Joy to the World" and "People Get Ready" with the Blind Boys of Alabama |
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| Willie Nelson: Outlaws and Angels |
Live Performance Ivan provides keyboard backing throughout the show |
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| Lightning in a Bottle |
Live Performance Neville Brothers perform "Big Chief" and Ivan plays keyboards on various songs. |
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2005
| Auston City Limits Music Festival 2004 |
Live Performance Neville Brothers perform "Streets are Calling" |
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Funky Meters - Live From The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Show Open/Two
(Funky) Minutes Of Your Time |
Live Performance |
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| Make It Funky! | Documentary,
narrated by Art Neville, featuring performances by the Neville Brothers.
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| Hitch | Soundtrack includes the Meters' "1 Thing" |
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2006
| From the Big Apple to the Big Easy - The Concert for New Orleans |
Live Performance The Neville Brothers perform "Carry The Torch," "Hey Pocky Way" (with the Meters), "Amazing Grace" and "When The Saints Go Marching In" (with the entire ensemble. Art sings "All These Things." Aaron sings "A Change Is Gonna Come" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (with Simon and Garfunkel.) Cyril sings "Big Chief." Athelgra sings "Brother John/Iko Iko" with the Dixie Cups. |
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| The New Orleans Concert - The Music of America's Soul |
Live Performance The Neville Brothers perform "Yellow Moon," "Fire On The Bayou" and "Hey Pocky Way." Art performs "Oooh-Whee Baby." Aaron performs "Trick Bag" and "Amazing Grace." Ivan performs "Rip It Up" |
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| Gotta Serve Somebody - The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan | Documentary including Aaron's performance of "Saving Grace" |
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| Charlie Rose with Rudy Giuliani; Aaron and Charles Neville (May 31, 1995) | Interview show featuring a conversation with Aaron and Charles |
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| New Orleans Music in Exile | Documentary featuring Cyril |
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| The Bag | Soundtrack includes the Meters' "Hand Clapping Song" |
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| Beerfest | Soundtrack includes the Meters' "Chug Chug Chug-a-Lug" |
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| Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing Live | Ivan performs as a member of Jerry Lee Lewis's backing band |
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2007
| 20 To Life: The Life and Times of John Sinclair |
Soundtrack includes contribution by Charles Neville and Diversity. Cyril is interviewed. |
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Jam Cruise 5 : JamCam Chronicles |
Two
disc set includes over 5 hours of music, interviews, and some special suprises!
Dumpstaphunk performs |
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2008
| Hancock | Soundtrack includes the Meters' "Tippi-Toes" |
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Not yet released
| New Orleans Story |
Documentary (possibly) featuring Cyril * The IMDb lists Cyril's involvement but the film's official site does not |
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* Most information on his page was obtained from the Internet Motion Picture Database. I have not seen most of these movies and am not sure of the accuracy of some of the information. I would appreciate as much help as possible from those who own copies of these movies or who have seen them enough to verify the information presented here.
Please note that a song's appearance in a motion picture soundtrack does NOT guarantee that it also appears on any accompanying soundtrack recording!!
