Promo Video(s) Details:

Director: Walter Stern
Producer: Laura Kanerick
2nd Assistant Director: Gin Clarke
Costume Designer: Emma Sutton

Filming Location: Metropolitan Car Park & Old Goods Yard, Paddington, London, UK
Date of Filming: 8th - 10th June 1998
Video Length: 05:23

Additional Notes:

At the time of the single release of Angel, Massive Attack decided (for citied reasons as not capturing the mood of the song) to not use the already shot promo video for Angel (which had reputably cost £20,000 to shoot) to promote the single. For this reason the video would remain unseen for over three years where it would finally see the light of day on the Eleven Promos DVD release.

Neil Davidge also appears in this video as one of the angry mob chasing Daddy G.

An edited version of Angel is used for the video reducing the length of the video to nearly a minute shorter than the album version. This edit does not appear on any other release besides the video.

Walter Stern had previously directed for Massive Attack the videos for Risingson and Teardrop. Angel would be his last video he would direct for Massive Attack.

Quotes:

3D on why the video for Angel was never officially released until the advent of the Eleven Promos DVD - “We never put it out at the time because we felt it didn’t represent what we were trying to put across. It was a good piece of film but it didn’t achieve what we felt the song had in it, the song had drama to it and so did the video but the video didn’t really represent the song. But looking back on it, its still a good piece of work. It needs to be in [Eleven Promos] for historical reasons, just for the time line” [The Raft - November 2001]

Watch The Promo Video(s):

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Duration: 05:25
File Size: 37.5MB

Film/TV Appearances:

Firewall

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Duration: 02:42
File Size: 23.2MB

Notes: This clip was taken from the 2006 film “Firewall”. Angel is featured on the soundtrack to this film right at the very beginning, during the opening credits. Angel does not however appear on the soundtrack album for “Firewall”.

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Duration: 02:33
File Size: 18.7MB

Notes: This clip was taken from the 2005 film “Stay”. Angel does not however appear on the soundtrack album for “Stay”.

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Duration: 06:22
File Size: 27.8MB

Notes: This clip was taken from the 2004 film “Flight Of The Phoenix”. Angel does not however appear on the soundtrack album for “Flight Of The Phoenix”.

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Duration: 01:33
File Size: 7.79MB

Notes: This clip was taken from the 2000 film “Antitrust”. Angel does not however appear on the soundtrack album for “Antitrust”.

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Duration: 02:24
File Size: 26.7MB

Notes: This clip was taken from the 2000 film “Snatch”. Angel also appears on the soundtrack album for “Snatch”.

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Duration: 02:07
File Size: 14.0MB

Notes: This clip was taken from the 1999 film “Go”. Angel does not however appear on the soundtrack album for “Go”.

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Duration: 03:50
File Size: 24.5MB

Notes: This clip was taken from the 1999 film “Best Laid Plans”. Angel also appears on the soundtrack album for “Best Laid Plans”.

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Duration: 08:16
File Size: 60.1MB

Notes: This clip was taken from an episode of the TV drama “The West Wing”. It is specifically from the episode “Commencement”, which was 22nd episode of the fourth season.

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Duration: 02:46
File Size: 22.8MB

Notes: This clip was taken from an episode of the TV drama “Le Femme Nikita”. It is specifically from the episode “Off Profile”, which was 18th episode of the second season.

Live:

Wireless Festival, London, UK - 23rd June 2006

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Duration: 04:47
File Size: 93.6MB

Notes: This is an example of how Angel was performed live on the 2006 tour.

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Duration: 04:55
File Size: 96.1MB

Notes: This is an example of how Angel was performed live on the 2004 tour.