Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut) [VHS]
starring: Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Roger Daltrey, Joe Cocker, Country Joe McDonald
directed by: Michael Wadleigh
directed by: Michael Wadleigh
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The three-day Woodstock music festival in 1969 was the pivotal event of the 1960s peace movement, and this landmark concert film is the definitive record of that milestone of rock & roll history.It's more than a chronicle of the hippie movement, however; this is a film of genuine historical and social importance, capturing the spirit of America in transition, when the Vietnam War was at its peak and antiwar protest was fully expressed through the liberating music of the time. With a brilliant crew at his disposal (including a young editor named Martin Scorsese), director Michael Wadleigh worked with over 300 hours of footage to create his original 225-minute director's cut, which was cut by 40 minutes for the film's release in 1970. Eight previously edited segments were restored in 1994, and the original director's cut of Woodstock is now the version most commonly available on videotape and DVD.
The film deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Documentary, and it's still a stunning achievement.Abundant footage taken among the massive crowd ("half a million strong") expresses the human heart of the event, from skinny-dipping hippies to accidental overdoses, to unpredictable weather, midconcert childbirth, and the thoughtful (or just plain rambling) reflections of the festive participants. Then, of course, there is the music--a nonstop parade of rock & roll from the greatest performers of the period, including Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Canned Heat, The Who, Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Sly & The Family Stone, Santana, and many more. Watching this ambitious film, as the saying goes, is the next best thing to being there--it's a time-travel journey to that once-in-a-lifetime event. --Jeff Shannon
The three-day Woodstock music festival in 1969 was the pivotal event of the 1960s peace movement, and this landmark concert film is the definitive record of that milestone of rock & roll history.It's more than a chronicle of the hippie movement, however; this is a film of genuine historical and social importance, capturing the spirit of America in transition, when the Vietnam War was at its peak and antiwar protest was fully expressed through the liberating music of the time. With a brilliant crew at his disposal (including a young editor named Martin Scorsese), director Michael Wadleigh worked with over 300 hours of footage to create his original 225-minute director's cut, which was cut by 40 minutes for the film's release in 1970. Eight previously edited segments were restored in 1994, and the original director's cut of Woodstock is now the version most commonly available on videotape and DVD.
The film deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Documentary, and it's still a stunning achievement.Abundant footage taken among the massive crowd ("half a million strong") expresses the human heart of the event, from skinny-dipping hippies to accidental overdoses, to unpredictable weather, midconcert childbirth, and the thoughtful (or just plain rambling) reflections of the festive participants. Then, of course, there is the music--a nonstop parade of rock & roll from the greatest performers of the period, including Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Canned Heat, The Who, Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Sly & The Family Stone, Santana, and many more. Watching this ambitious film, as the saying goes, is the next best thing to being there--it's a time-travel journey to that once-in-a-lifetime event. --Jeff Shannon
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- Woodstock DVD still rocks
Great for those old enough to remember and those young enough to find new appreciation.
Rating: - help!
I love this movie for many reasons and I've reviewed it on the 40th anniversary collector's edition page if you want to see what i think of it. BUT i have a question that i wonder if anyone can help me with because it's been driving me crazy for the LONGEST time:
In the director's cut, the Sly & The Family Stone scene shows a good deal of the song "Higher" coupled with the song "Music Lover" as a medley. You don't hear much of "Dance to the Music" on the dvd.
On both the original ... Read More
Rating: - classic rock DVD
This has all the great bands from the late '60's, except the Stones and Beatles.Changed the world.
Rating: - Woodstock DVD
Glad I bought this product,excellent,like a time capsule getting openned,brings back memories of past days that I kind of forgot but now remember.
Rating: - Great Film to be Made Even Better: Ultimate Collectors' Edition and Blu-Ray are On the Way!
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FOR THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY, NEW EDITIONS ARE FINALLY ON THE WAY, INCLUDING SPECIAL LIMITED COLLECTORS' EDITIONS (REGULAR AND BLU-RAY) WITH AN EXCLUSIVE EXTRA (FOURTH) DISC FOR AMAZON CUSTOMERS! Or, for those less adventursome, the "regular" Director's Cut will now come with two discs.
While I must agree with the previous reviewer who finds the current (now, thankfullt, deleted) version of this DVD transfer to be sonically and visually inferior to the VHS version, this ... Read More
- Woodstock DVD still rocksGreat for those old enough to remember and those young enough to find new appreciation.
- help!I love this movie for many reasons and I've reviewed it on the 40th anniversary collector's edition page if you want to see what i think of it. BUT i have a question that i wonder if anyone can help me with because it's been driving me crazy for the LONGEST time:
In the director's cut, the Sly & The Family Stone scene shows a good deal of the song "Higher" coupled with the song "Music Lover" as a medley. You don't hear much of "Dance to the Music" on the dvd.
On both the original ... Read More
- classic rock DVDThis has all the great bands from the late '60's, except the Stones and Beatles.Changed the world.
- Woodstock DVDGlad I bought this product,excellent,like a time capsule getting openned,brings back memories of past days that I kind of forgot but now remember.
- Great Film to be Made Even Better: Ultimate Collectors' Edition and Blu-Ray are On the Way![...]
FOR THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY, NEW EDITIONS ARE FINALLY ON THE WAY, INCLUDING SPECIAL LIMITED COLLECTORS' EDITIONS (REGULAR AND BLU-RAY) WITH AN EXCLUSIVE EXTRA (FOURTH) DISC FOR AMAZON CUSTOMERS! Or, for those less adventursome, the "regular" Director's Cut will now come with two discs.
While I must agree with the previous reviewer who finds the current (now, thankfullt, deleted) version of this DVD transfer to be sonically and visually inferior to the VHS version, this ... Read More
