Woodstock (1970)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Michael Wadleigh

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 marzo 1970 (USA)

Género:

Documental | Historia | Música

Frase comercial:

love, peace, music

Plot:

The film chronicle of the legendary 1969 music festival.

Plot Keywords:

Woodstock | Art | Helicopter | Mud | Drug

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Superb documentary

Reparto

Richie Havens	...	Himself
Joan Baez	...	Herself
The Who	...	Themselves
Sha-Na-Na	...	Themselves (as Sha Na Na)
Joe Cocker	...	Himself
Country Joe and the Fish	...	Themselves
Arlo Guthrie	...	Himself
Crosby Stills & Nash	...	Themselves (as Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Ten Years After	...	Themselves
John Sebastian	...	Himself
Santana	...	Themselves
Sly and the Family Stone	...	Themselves (as Sly & the Family Stone)
Jimi Hendrix	...	Himself
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Canned Heat	...	Themselves
Jefferson Airplane	...	Themselves
Janis Joplin	...	Herself

También conocida como:

Woodstock 25th Anniversary Edition (USA) (director's cut)
Woodstock, 3 Days of Peace & Music (USA) (longer version)
Woodstock (Spain) [es]

Duración:

184 min | Germany:169 min | Sweden:184 min (1970) | Sweden:224 min (1994) | USA:228 min (director's cut) | Germany:216 min (director's cut)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital (re-release) | Mono (RCA Sound System) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Clasificación:

Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1994) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:S | Norway:12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bethel, New York, USA

Compañía:

Wadleigh-Maurice

Trivialidades:

The Who almost didn't perform at the festival. The band was near bankruptcy at the time and demanded to be paid in cash or else they would pull out.

Citas:

Arlo Guthrie: It's incredible. I heard the New York Thruway's closed.
News Reporter: Closed? This morning we heard that they were backed down Route 17 with an eight hour delay.
Arlo Guthrie: Right. Well, the New York Thruway's closed. Isn't that far out?

Conexiones de Película:

Spoofed in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

Banda de Sonido:

Soul Sacrifice

Superb documentary

Oscar-winning documentary on the 3 day long concert back in 1969. Despite more people showing up than was expected and running out of food, water and medical supplies and dealing with a torrential downpour everything went fine. There was no rioting, no violence...just people helping each other out. The film beautifully captures all this. It contains interviews with the kids attending the concert (their views are absolutely incredible), people in the surrounding town, the police, media...all viewpoints are presented. Everything that comes through is tolerance, peace and love.

The musical acts are varied--you'll love some and hate others. For me the definite highlights were Joan Baez; the Who; Sha-Na-Na; Joe Cocker; Crosby Stills & Nash; John Sebastian; Country Joe McDonald; Sly and the Family Stone and Jimi Hendrix. Also the sound is great and there is superb editing during the sequences with excellent use of multiple screens.

I saw the directors cut with adds 40 minutes of music (bringing the running time up to 3 hours and 40 minutes). They add Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and another number by Hendrix. Except for the Joplin footage none of it is really good or needed. The original 3 hour cut is fine.

Warning--there's lots of swearing, nudity, sex and drug taking. It didn't bother me, but it might bother others--originally this got an X rating because of it!

A great one of a kind movie. Don't miss it!