Phase One: Celebrity Take Down

Phase One: Celebrity Take Down
Video by Gorillaz
Released	18 November 2002
Recorded	1998–2001
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	Void, multiple features
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Gorillaz
Gorillaz chronology
Phase One: Celebrity Take Down (2002) Demon Days Live (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork Media	5.6/10[1]

Phase One: Celebrity Takedown is a compilation DVD by Gorillaz, released in November 2002. The DVD compiles the videos and animatics related to the release of the band's first album, Gorillaz, as well as the related singles. The DVD came with an extra CD-ROM containing desktop wallpapers, screensavers and other such special features. Limited edition copies came packaged in a hard box with a map of Kong Studios, exclusive sticker sheet and a 52-page reprint of the original promotional booklet released in limited quantities three years prior. The DVD itself follows a small storyline. You are a police investigator sent to check out Kong Studios due to strange goings on. The studios look in a reasonably good state, which would change dramatically for Phase Two. If you wait in a room for too long, you will get attacked and die. This DVD is mostly traditionally animated, while also maintaining some elements of three-dimensional animation as well.

Track listing

1. "Introduction" – 1:20
2. "Tomorrow Comes Today" (Video) – 3:15
3. "The Game of Death" (G-Bite) – 1:00
4. "Clint Eastwood" (Video) – 4:44
5. "Clint Eastwood" (Animatic) – 4:44
6. "Clint Eastwood" (Storyboards)
7. "Image Gallery" – 6:13
8. "The Eel" (G-Bite) – 1:00
9. "19/2000" (Video) – 3:55
10. "19/2000" (Animatic) – 3:55
11. "19/2000" (Storyboards)
12. "2D Interview" – 0:55
13. "Free Tibet" (G-Bite) – 1:00
14. "Rock The House" (Video) – 3:15
15. "Rock The House" (Animatic) – 3:15
16. "Rock The House" (Storyboards)
17. "Jump The Gut" (G-Bite) – 1:15
18. "5/4" (Unfinished Animatic) – 3:00
19. "Hey, Our Toys Have Arrived!" (G-Bite) – 0:45
20. "Clint Eastwood" (Live at the Brits) – 4:12
21. "Clint Eastwood" (Live at the Golden Music Awards) – 4:15
22. "The Charts of Darkness" (Documentary) – 24:55
23. "M1A1" (Live Show Visual) – 4:01
24. "Tomorrow Comes Today" (Live Show Visual) – 3:15
25. "Dracula" (Live Show Visual) – 4:44
26. "Punk" (Live Show Visual) – 1:36
27. "5/4" (Live Show Visual) – 3:00
28. "Sound Check (Gravity)" (Live Show Visual) – 4:34
29. "Gorillaz Website Tour" – 10:03
30. "Dr. Wurzel's Winnebago" – 6:11
31. "Fancy Dress" (Unfinished G-Bite) – 0:45
32. "Lil' Dub Chefin" (Video) & End Credits – 4:45
33. "Hidden Extras"

Gorilla Bitez

• Jump the Gut – Noodle and Del are betting to see if 2D will jump over Russell's 'gut'. 2D is on a tricycle, speeding up with his hands firmly on the brakes, while Russell is on the ground asleep, scratching his crotch. 2D peddles up a wooden ramp, but fails to jump over Russel's stomach and wakes him up, sending Del back into Russel's head and 2D soaring through the air. Russell stands up with money in his ear (which was Del's betting money) while Noodle is grabbing the money that Del dropped. Russel picks 2D up, and explains that if 2D keeps doing this, Russel is going to do that to him, and judges that neither of them "are going to make it."
• Hey! Our Toys Have Arrived – The band is sitting before their model toys. 2D says that they are useless, saying that his head doesn't wobble like the toy. Russel grabs hold of 2D's neck and shakes it, revealing that it does. Noodle is amazed, while Murdoc encourages him to do it again.
• The Game of Death – Russel and Noodle spar in a short sequence serving as an obvious homage to the movie Game of Death, with Noodle wearing Bruce Lee's distinctive yellow jumpsuit. When Noodle quickly wins, it is revealed that 2D and Murdoc are using them as video game characters, and Murdoc complains that the Russel character "can't do nothing" and that his controller is broken.
• Free Tibet Campaign – In this bit, 2D is sitting in meditation with other Tibetans outside the Chinese embassy in London, in protest at the treatment of Tibetans. At the end of the bite, a message is shown, which states "Free Tibet Campaign stands for the Tibetans' right to determine their own future. It campaigns for an end to the Chinese occupation of Tibet, and for the Tibetans' fundamental rights to be respected."
• The Eel – On orders from Russel, 2D tries to prepare an eel for dinner by hitting it with a mallet. The noise awakens Murdoc, who grabs the eel from 2D and goes to "melt its face". Russel comes in asking for the eel, and Murdoc says that it feels 'eel (ill)'.
• Fancy Dress – The band is taking a Halloween photo. Murdoc focuses the camera on them, and runs back to pose. Russel thinks Murdoc shouldn't go dressing up as a Nazi, because he has an appreciation for clothes.

Release details

The DVD was released in various countries in November 2002.

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	18 November 2002	Parlophone	DVD	490 1310
United States	26 November 2002	Virgin Records	DVD	90132
Japan	26 February 2003	Toshiba-EMI	DVD

References

1. Rob Mitchum (4 February 2003). "Gorilaz: Phase One: Celebrity Take Down". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

External links

• Gorillaz "Unofficial" webpage for Phase One: Celebrity Take Down DVD