Woodstock : 3 days of peace & music

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For three days in the summer of 1969, a rock concert was held on an upstate New York farm, and 400,000 people attended -- far more than were anticipated, far more than paid, far more than could be fed or sheltered or cared for after injuries or drug overdoses. It rained, there was mud, all traffic i...

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Corporate Authors: Who (Musical group) (Performer), Sha Na Na (Musical group) (Performer), Country Joe and the Fish (Performer), Grease Band (Performer), Crosby, Stills & Nash (Performer), Ten Years After (Musical group) (Performer), Santana (Musical group) (Performer), Sly & the Family Stone (Musical group) (Performer), Canned Heat (Musical group) (Performer), Jefferson Airplane (Musical group) (Performer), Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), Wadleigh-Maurice Ltd, Warner Home Video (Firm), Woodstock Festival
Other Authors: Wadleigh, Michael, 1939- (Director), Maurice, Bob (Producer), Havens, Richie (Performer), Baez, Joan (Performer), Cocker, Joe (Performer), McDonald, Joe, 1942- (Performer), Guthrie, Arlo (Performer), Sebastian, John, 1944- (Performer), Joplin, Janis (Performer), Hendrix, Jimi (Performer)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding Video
Language:English
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Pictures, 1994.
Edition:Director's cut.
Subjects:
Woodstock Festival > (1969 : > Bethel, N.Y.)
Rock music > 1961-1970.
Rock music festivals > New York (State) > History > 20th century.
Bethel (N.Y. : Town)
Rock concert films.
Concert films.
Rock films.
Filmed performances.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Online Access:Streaming video (Emerson users only)
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Summary:For three days in the summer of 1969, a rock concert was held on an upstate New York farm, and 400,000 people attended -- far more than were anticipated, far more than paid, far more than could be fed or sheltered or cared for after injuries or drug overdoses. It rained, there was mud, all traffic in and out was gridlocked, and the music continued, night and day. "Woodstock Nation" existed for three days and was absorbed into American myth. As depicted in this film, in roughly chronological order, the elusive memory of that nation is cemented into a pungent social documentary. Few documentaries have captured a time and place more completely--in the full flower of its moment, youth, and hope--than this one. It is also one of the finest musical documentaries ever made--if not the best--utilizing adventurous camera work, daring editing, frame mirroring, freeze frames, blackouts, and multi-angle perspectives widening the 1.33:1 image to 2.20:1 to capture flamboyant, riveting, career-defining performances, within an amazing chronicle of how the musicians interact onstage as audience members react to the musicians' performances.
Item Description:Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1970; director's cut produced in 1994.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (224 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:MPAA Rating: Rated R for drug content, nudity and language.
Awards:Named to the National Film Registry in 1996 by the Library of Congress -- Winner, Best Documentary, Feature (Bob Maurice); Nominee, Best Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker), Best Sound (Dan Walling, L.A. Johnson), 1971 Academy Awards (U.S.A.).
Production Credits:Editor and assistant director, T. Schoonmaker ; photography by Michael Wadleigh, David Myers, Richard Pearce, Don Lenzer, Al Wertheimer ; sound and music, Larry Johnson.
Directors cut restoration: sound supervisor, L.A. Johnson ; film editors, Jere Huggins, Hubert De La Bouillerie, Steven C. Brown ; research, Bill Rush.

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