Dio: Dreamers Never Die
This career spanning documentary on heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio delves deep into his incredible rise from 50's doo-wop crooner, to his early classic rock days in Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, to replacing the iconic lead singer Ozzy Osborne in Black Sabbath, to finally cement his legend with DIO. Ronnie's biography is completely unique to the tired sex, drugs and rock and roll cliches. The film is about perseverance, dreams and the power to believe in yourself.
- Released: 2022-09-28
- Runtime: 116 minutes
- Genre: Documentaries, Music
- Stars: Ronnie James Dio, Wendy Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, Vinny Appice, Lita Ford, Rob Halford, Sebastian Bach, Eddie Trunk, Don Coscarelli
- Director: Don Argott, Demian Fenton
Comments
- digitalzomby - 7 January 2023
Dio The Monster Rocker!
This is a great doc and gave me even more respect for Dio / Ronnie.
Written by Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio except for 2 cover tunes.
I learnt so much from this doc, that I didn't know before. So much I knew but so much I din't know, wow.
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow was actually the band ELF (Ronnie's band) and him.
I'm not new to hard rock, I grew up with hard rock with Deep purple, grand funk, zep, captain beyond, black sabbath those was at the top of my faves. I lost bunch of my hearing using headphones cranked espesially when I came home from buying a new record and doin that what dude did exactly with the smell and and everything. He was me with my long hair... Remember DP so well but my favorite Deep Purple memory is hearing Deep Purple In Rock for the first time.
WOW it was like it was just released and my cousins older sister gave him a few records she thought he might like / or she didn't like is more like it.... Sabbath's Paranoid and Hendix Cry Of Love were other ones his awesome sister gave to him... - stevendbeard - 29 September 2022
Fan-Tastic
I saw Dio:Dreamers Never Die, starring Ronnie James Dio-Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny.
This is a Fan_Tastic biography of Ronald James Padavona, aka Ronnie James Dio, aka Dio. This is authorized by the artist's estate and has lots of footage and pictures from his beginnings to his death at 67 of stomach cancer in 2010, just 2 months short of his 68th birthday. There are also lots of fellow artists telling stories of their interactions with Ronnie, and some stories from his wife, Wendy. Ronnie was one of the few artists to record and tour in 6 decades, starting with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and then the band just called Dio. I am a big Dio fan and I knew most of the stories but there were some I didn't. You learn what was his first instrument he played-it's probably not what you think-and how he became a singer and got his name Dio. You learn how he came up with his famous horn gesture, which most people think is a devil sign-it's not-and covers how he got 40 heavy metal artists together for Hear 'N Aid, his version of We Are the World for starving people in Africa. If you are a fan, you should enjoy this movie.
There was about 15 minutes of extra footage after the end credits which had more people talking about him and some music, too. It said it was for theaters only.
It didn't have a rating but it had some language and a running time of 2 hours & 7 minutes.
I really enjoyed it and would buy it on Blu_Ray.
