Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut)
by Michael Wadleigh
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Actor: Joan Baez, John Entwistle, Pete Townshend, Richie Havens, Roger DaltreyDirector: Michael Wadleigh
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Compilation, Director's Cut, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 225 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-03-26
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut)
Movie Review: A Director's Cut Gone Wrong: Buy The CD Instead
Summary: 1 Stars
As a non-drug user who remembers the concert, saw the theatrical version of the film in 1970, and has worn out records and tapes of the music, I was hoping to relive the visual experiences of the concert when I purchased this dvd. Unfortunately, the Director's Cut has butchered the original film. Scenes and performances have been altered, all for the worse. This dvd will sit on the shelf, and I will continue to listen to the cd. The Director's cut is revisionist at best.
Summary of Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut)
3 days. 3-million people. And memories to last a lifetime.Year: 1970Director: Michael WadleighStarring: Jimi Hendrix Richie Havens The Who Crosby Stills & Nash much moreRunning Time: 225 min.System Requirements:Director: Michael Wadleigh Edition Details: Region 1 encoding (for use in US and Canada only) Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby Number of discs: 1 Format: DVD AUDIO Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS Rating: R UPC: 085391354925 Manufacturer No: 13549DVDThe 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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