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A film version of The Wall was released in 1982 entitled Pink Floyd The Wall
, directed by Alan Parker and starring Bob Geldof. The screenplay was written by Roger Waters. The film features music from the original album, much of which was re-recorded by the band with additional orchestration, some with minor lyrical and musical changes. It also includes the two part song "When the Tigers Broke Free", written for the movie.

There were a couple of non-Pink Floyd songs featured in the film. The classic Vera Lynn song "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot" opened the film, while Pink sang the words to the then-unreleased Roger Waters solo song "5:11AM (The Moment of Clarity)" (which would eventually see release on Waters' 1984 solo album The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking) in a restroom stall before singing the Pink Floyd song "Stop".

Pink could also be heard singing a little bit of "Your Possible Pasts", which will appear in the album The Final Cut, before going into "5:11AM (The Moment of Clarity)" and then "Stop"

When the teacher finds Pink's poetry and reads it aloud, the lyrics are from the song "Money," from the Dark Side of the Moon album.

During the scene where Pink finds his father's items during the second part of "When the Tigers Broke Free", Pink stumbled on his father's certificate of appreciation. The name on the certificate says "J.A. Pinkerton". It is assumed that Pink's real name is Floyd Pinkerton, and that Pink legally changed his name to Pink Floyd because he didn't like the name Floyd Pinkerton (the same way as Elton John changed his name from Reginald Dwight; Elton has stated in interviews that he hated his birth name since he was a child).

Stage version

Waters has licensed the story and music for a number of amateur dramatic versions performed by schools and youth groups.

In 2004, it was announced that contracts had been signed for a Broadway musical version, with extra music to be written by Waters. The Broadway version will feature all of the music written by Waters. It is, however, unknown what will be done with the songs co-written by Gilmour ("Young Lust", "Comfortably Numb", and "Run Like Hell"). The show is estimated to be complete by summer 2006 and will be of a slightly "lighter tone" than Pink Floyd: The Wall was. Additionally, there are rumours that other Pink Floyd songs, possibly "Money" from the album Dark Side of the Moon, among others, will be included in the stage show.

Post-split

After Waters left the band, a legal battle ensued over the rights to the name "Pink Floyd" and its material. In the end, Waters retained the right to use The Wall and its material, as his name has been most closely associated with the album. Waters staged a gigantic concert performance of The Wall (with the addition of the song "The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid)" from Waters' solo album Radio K.A.O.S.) at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin on 21 July 1990, with guest artists including Ute Lemper, The Band, Van Morrison, Sinéad O'Connor, Cyndi Lauper, Marianne Faithfull, The Scorpions, Joni Mitchell, Jerry Hall, and Bryan Adams, to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall and as a fundraising effort for World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief.

At the UK Live 8 benefit concert on 2 July 2005, despite continued enmity between the former band members, Waters performed on stage with Gilmour, Mason and Wright for the first time in about 25 years, their last performance together being at The Wall concerts. Their set included "Breathe", "Money", "Wish You Were Here" and "Comfortably Numb".

Track listing (album version)

All songs are by Roger Waters except as noted.

Side 1 (CD: Disk 1)

#"In the Flesh?" (3:16) #"The Thin Ice" (2:27) #"Another Brick in the Wall (Part I)" (3:21) #"The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (1:46) #"Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" (3:59) #"Mother" (5:32)

Side 2

#"Goodbye Blue Sky" (2:45) #"Empty Spaces" (2:10) #"Young Lust" (3:25) (Waters/Gilmour) #"One of My Turns" (3:41) #"Don't Leave Me Now" (4:08) #"Another Brick in the Wall (Part III)" (1:48) #"Goodbye Cruel World" (0:48)

Side 3 (CD: Disk 2)

#"Hey You" (4:40) #"Is There Anybody Out There?" (2:44) #"Nobody Home" (3:26) #"Vera" (1:35) #"Bring the Boys Back Home" (1:21) #"Comfortably Numb" (6:23) (Gilmour/Waters)

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Movies - The Wall

Stage version

Post-split

Track listing (album version)

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