Wattstax (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Billy Eckstine, Fred Berry, James Alexander (VI), Ossie Davis, Richard Pryor Director: Mel Stuart Brand: Warner Brothers DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 103 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-09-07 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Warner Home Video |
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Movie Reviews of Wattstax (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
Movie Review: Truly Worth The Wait
Summary: 5 Stars
I have waited years to see this. I know that there have been bootlegs of this film floating around for years, but I never seen it. I'm glad I've waited for a proper release as this has the true ending with Issac Hayes doing Shaft.
A truly amazing movie, which captures the essence of the culture, and gives you the insight of how things were during those times in the early 70's. So much emotion in it that, you feel like you are taking part of the event yourself.
I love the footage they had with people talking. I saw a couple of people that would go on to have a acting career in the film. I saw Issac from the Loveboat up on there and Ned the Whino( I forgot his real name ). I guess this is what got their acting career started.
The skits with Richard Pryor were comedy classics. So many people copied his style over the years.
I was amazed when Rufus Thomas got all those people to go back to their seats after they all came onto the field during his performance. It was one guy that didn't go back to his seat and Rufus was just clowning him and had everyone laughing at him. Priceless.
There had to been 100,000 people that attended that show and not one fight. If this were to happen today you would have had body bags galore out there. There is no respect in music now.
It's sad to think that Stax as record company would be no more just a few years later. Watching this movie, you couldn't even see that as a possibility. Probably the last great moment in soul music.
Just a classic film that I recommend to anybody that appreciates real soul music and its history.