Woodstock(1970)

R
3h 4m

Release Date: Aug 15, 2019 | Wide

100%
92%
8.1

Oscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.

Releases

Original Release | Aug 15, 2019

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Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$8,150
Total US & Canada:
$126,562
Total International
$194,048
Total Worldwide:
$320,610

Director & Top Cast

Michael Wadleigh
Director

Joan Baez
Self

Richie Havens
Self

Roger Daltrey
Self - The Who

Joe Cocker
Self

The Who
Themselves

Sha-Na-Na

Themselves

Country Joe and the Fish

Themselves

Arlo Guthrie

Self

Crosby Stills & Nash

Themselves

Ten Years After

Themselves

John Sebastian

Self

Santana

Themselves

Sly and the Family Stone

Themselves

Jimi Hendrix

Self

Canned Heat

Themselves

Bob Davis

Self

Lilli Georgescu

Lilli

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: 4-Track Stereo

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Summaries

Plot Summary

The film records the events of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, held for 3 days near Bethel, New York, in August 1969. It features the participating performers and the reactions of residents of the community and of the 400,000 young people who attended. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's recordings of "Long Time Gone" and "Wooden Ships" are heard as stagehands construct the platform on which the musicians will perform; meanwhile, the audience is seen arriving by the thousands. Festival promoter Mike Lang is interviewed, and rock promoter Bill Graham is seen giving advice on how to control the crowds. The performers appear in the following order: Richie Havens, Joan Baez, The Who, Sha-Na-Na, Joe Cocker, Country Joe & The Fish, Arlo Guthrie, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Ten Years After, John Sebastian, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, and Jimi Hendrix. Interspersed are interviews with members of the counterculture as well as nearby farmers, merchants, policemen, and other local people, some of whom do not appreciate the permission their neighbor Max Yasgur has given to have the concert on his farm. Other scenes include: a storm that drenches the audience, turning the field into mud; mud-sliding contests after the rain; the smoking of marijuana and use of strong drugs; the expression of anti-Vietnam War sentiment; brief shots of Janis Joplin and Jerry Garcia; medical aid and food being supplied by the Army; and the appearance before the audience of farmer Yasgur. The film concludes with a helicopter view of the festival crowd.

Storyline

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000. — Dan Hartung 1969 was a year unlike any other. Man first set foot on the moon. The New York Mets won the World Series against all odds. And for three days in the rural town of Bethel, New York, half a million people experienced the single most defining moment of their generation; a concert unprecedented in scope and influence, a coming together of people from all walks of life with a single common goal: Peace and music. They called it Woodstock. One year later, a landmark Oscar-winning documentary captured the essence of the music, the electricity of the performances, and the experience of those who lived it. The original "Woodstock" documentary film, with added elements including performances by bands who were not included in the original film, bonus footage of those who were, and a post-credits tribute to activists, performers, and organizers who passed on since the original release. — This definitive footage of 1960s hippie counterculture and its music is reprised and transcended once more via the medium of cinema. This documentary in an vibrant attitude of youth and rebellion and it also brings together super groups and artists such as The Who , Janis Joplin , Jimi Hendrix , Ten Years After , Jefferson Airplane , and many more over a three-day period of drugs, rain, peace, and love. This film starts with the concert's conception and the first foundations laid to its finish and its inevitable dismantling. Entwined with interviews from the local townsfolk to hippie talk from the red-eyed flower people in this split-screen musical montage of some 300,000 laid-back, groovy star children. — Cinema_Fan