Not always credited with such, Mick Jagger has been equally as pivotal to the Rolling Stones as his songwriting partner and bandmate for almost 50 years. Indeed the differences in style, character and philosophy between Mick and Keith make for probably the greatest union - albeit often far from the most harmonious - in the history of popular music.
This film concentrates on Jagger's life and career both within and without the Stones when he was in his twenties, the same period that for most fans was the band's heyday, during which they produced music of quite staggering quality.