Woodstock (film)
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 Woodstock movie poster |
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| Directed by | Michael Wadleigh |
| Produced by | Bob Maurice |
| Editing by | Michael Wadleigh Martin Scorsese Stan Warnow Yeu-Bun Yee Jere Huggins Thelma Schoonmaker |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | March 26, 1970 |
| Running time | 184 min. (225 min. for Director's Cut) |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $600,000 (estimated) |
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Woodstock (subtitled "3 Days of Peace & Music") is a 1970 documentary on the Woodstock Festival in 1969. The film was directed by Michael Wadleigh and was edited by (amongst others) Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker; Schoonmaker was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing. It received the Academy Award for Documentary Feature, as well as a nomination for Best Sound. The Official Director's Cut spans 225 minutes. There is also a solo DVD release of Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. VH1 Classic occasionally airs the Director's Cut version of the documentary.
In 1996, Woodstock was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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[edit] Artists by appearance
*) opening and final credits (no stage performance)
**) not in the original version, only in the directors cut
[edit] Trivia
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- The documentary was reportedly edited from 120 miles of footage shot at the three-day concert.
- While they don't appear in the film, or on the soundtrack, a number of other artists played at Woodstock, such as The Grateful Dead, Incredible String Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Winter and Ravi Shankar played through the rain. Ironically, it was because of the Dead that Creedence doesn't appear; John Fogerty complained that the Dead jammed way past their scheduled slot, and thus most of the audience was tuned out when Creedence took the stage. Fogerty felt the band's appearance was sub-par, and asked that it not be included in the film.
- Short portions of the film are featured in the 1971 sci-fi movie The Omega Man. Charlton Heston goes to watch Woodstock in an abandoned theatre ("Good show! Held over for the third straight year.") in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. The segments shown include Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe & The Fish, and an anonymous hippie attendee whose remarks Heston mutters along with.
- There is a small portion of footage of Jerry Garcia in the film holding a joint.
- Though the Doors were not invited to play, keyboardist Ray Manzarek can be seen briefly drinking from a wine bottle.
[edit] External links
- Woodstock at the Internet Movie Database
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| Preceded by Arthur Rubinstein - The Love of Life |
Academy Award for Documentary Feature 1970 |
Succeeded by The Hellstrom Chronicle |
[edit] Further reading
- Dave Saunders, Direct Cinema: Observational Documentary and the Politics of the Sixties, London, Wallflower Press 2007
