Woodstock (1970)

Director:

Michael Wadleigh

Release Date:

26 marzo 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Frase comercial:

love, peace, music

Plot:

The film chronicle of the legendary 1969 music festival.

Plot Keywords:

Progress | Crowd | Conga | Organ | Stage

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A spectacular look at the 1960's.

Cast

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:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

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

Clasificación:

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

Filming Locations:

Bethel, New York, USA

Company:

Wadleigh-Maurice

Trivialidades:

The performances of Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin were not seen in the original version of the film when it was released in 1970. Also, the Canned Heat song "Going Up the Country" was heard earlier in the movie but the band was not seen in the movie until the director's cut was released in 1994.

Quotes:

Hugh Romney: Good morning! What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for four hundred thousand.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Remember the Titans (2000)

Soundtrack:

Purple Haze

A spectacular look at the 1960's.

"Woodstock" was meant as a documentary about the famous 3-day 1969 New York rock festival of the same name, but it's really more valuable as a record of 1960's hippy culture. This is unquestionably the best film to capture the spirit of the 60's. Between musical acts, the camera meanders through the audience and the enormous outlying crowds to interview spectators, or just eves-drop on the scene. This is the most interesting, entertaining, and eye-opening aspect of the film.

Several of the musical performances are memorable and deserve mention: Richie Havens' awesome concert opener is a classic--you could watch it a hundred times and still get goose bumps--pure magic. Jimi Hendrix comes pretty close to magic also with the final musical number. His frenzied rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" is incredible, and a fitting closer. Country Joe and the Fish and Joe Cocker are also memorable. A few of the musical acts don't seem to fit: Sha-Na-Na comes across as a weird oddity--(a throwback to the fifties), and Alvin Lee's "Ten Years After" is just too long and boring. Most of the other performances are so-so, but worth watching.

Overall, the film captures the mood, spirit, and music of the times better than any other. I would also venture to say that this may be one of the very best documentaries ever filmed on any subject. The depth of coverage is spectacular -- fitting for such a historical event. A great movie!