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A Matter of Trust: Billy Joel in the USSR

19880.0 / 1083 min

Documentary

Overview

This special documentary chronicles Billy Joel's 1987 concert tour in the Soviet Union. The program features concert footage and clips of Joel and his band interacting with different groups of Soviet people.

Cast

Billy Joel

Self - Vocals, Keyboards and Guitar

Liberty DeVitto

Self - Drums

Doug Stegmeyer

Self - Bass

Russell Javors

Self - Acoustic and Electric Guitar

Mark Rivera

Self - Saxophone

Kevin Dukes

Self - Electric Guitar

Peter Hewlett

Self - Background Vocals

George Simms

Self - Background Vocals

Oleg Smirnoff

Self - Russian Translator

Crew

Murphy Birdsall

Associate Editor

Keith Desmond

Sound

Lee Dichter

Recording Supervision

Donald Lumpkin

Production Manager

Stacey A. Antonino

Production Secretary

Martin Bell

Director

Mary Ellen Mark

Still Photographer

Donald Lumpkin

First Assistant Director

Frank Weber

Executive Producer

Jim Boyer

Music Producer

Debra Horvath

Associate Producer

Jess Soraci

Sound Editor

Jodi Nussbaum

Production Coordinator

Jonathan Oppenheim

Editor

Edward Baranov

Translator