You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine

Name: You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine
Duration: 1 h 30 min

1hr 30m

3.7/5 (181)

1hr 30m
3.7/5 (181)

70+ artists joined family and fans at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in Oct 2022 for two nights, celebrating John Prine's life and music. More Details »

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Release Date:

Nov 28, 2025

Runtime:

1hr 30m

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70+ artists joined family and fans at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in Oct 2022 for two nights, celebrating John Prine's life and music.

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This John Prine tribute documentary transforms theaters into emotional sanctuaries where audiences cry for hours straight before erupting in applause, creating intergenerational moments that span from 70s crowds to today's sea of white hair. The film captures the profound impact of Prine's songwriting through intimate performances, with Bonnie Raitt's stage appearance delivering 'all the gravitas of Godzilla rising from the sea.'

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3.7

RATINGS 1 FANS

3.7

Mar 30, 2026

I was at a wedding once where after two or so hours of terrible music they played In Spite of Ourselves by John Prine, and my grandpa proceeded to make me dance with him to it. I still laugh thinking about the moment we realized how inappropriate of a song it was for us to…

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taryn

Jan 14, 2026

🎶 And daddy won’t you take me back to Cook County, down by the Music Box Theatre where paradise lay?🎶 John Prine night at the cinema for our screening of You Got Gold with a post-film Q&A with Fiona Prine! Encore screening of the film on Thursday.

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Music Box Theatre

Dec 29, 2025

the power of bonnie raitt is incredible

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Robert Wyatt Duncan
Dec 24, 2025

This needed about 300x more archival footage of John Prine. But the music was lovely and there’s a moment where Bonnie Raitt walks out on stage and it has all the gravitas of the first time Godzilla rises from the sea. And it was pretty great to see it in a theater with my…

10 Likes

MonsterMaxsh

Jan 22, 2026

God this was so beautiful. Cried so much even at the songs and artists I wasn’t super familiar with. John Prine you are awesome!!! Thank you to my best good friend Honour for crying along with me and helping bring down the median age in that theater.

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franny

Dec 27, 2025

the concept of a man being able to write unwed fathers

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leahwells111
Apr 19, 2026

Incredible to see a bunch of famous musicians be starstruck by Bonnie Raitt

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Hanna Carrico

Apr 19, 2026

I miss John Prine.

3 Likes

Adam

Jan 17, 2026

A beautiful tribute to Prine, both as a songwriter and a man. Profound to see the switch from the older audience at the tribute to the 20-something crowd in the 70’s. Even more profound to see that in a packed house surrounded by a sea of white hair.

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peyton