The film chronicle of the legendary 1969 music festival.
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| Credited 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) | |
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Ten Years After | ... | Themselves |
| John Sebastian | ... | Himself | |
| Santana | ... | Themselves | |
| Sly and the Family Stone | ... | Themselves (as Sly & the Family Stone) | |
| Jimi Hendrix | ... | Himself | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Canned Heat | ... | Themselves | |
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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. Written by Dan Hartung <dhartung@mcs.com>
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Experience the Event That Named a Generation. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 March 1970 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Woodstock: 25th Anniversary Edition See more »Filming Locations:
Bethel, New York, USAEdit
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Budget:
$600,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$126,562Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$320,610Company Credits
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| (1970) | (1994) | (director's cut) | (director's cut) | (DVD) | (Director's Cut w/ additional & exclusive footage)Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital (re-release)| Mono (RCA Sound System)| 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| 4-Track Stereo (original release)Color:
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Interviewer: Okay. Go ahead.
Sidney Westerfield, Local merchant: My name is Sidney Westerfield. I'm the owner of this antique tavern, Mongaup Valley, New York State. I was here when this crowd really came. We expected 50,000 a day and there must have been a million. I, myself, was hungry for two days because I couldn't get any food! I couldn't go out to buy any food.
[laughs]
Sidney Westerfield, Local merchant: I was eatin' cornflakes for two days. And the kids were wonderful. I had no kick. It was, "Sir, this" and "Sir, that" and "Thank you, this" and "Thank you, ...
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(Improvisation, based on "Motherless Child, traditional)
Performed by Richie Havens
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[first lines]Interviewer: Okay. Go ahead.
Sidney Westerfield, Local merchant: My name is Sidney Westerfield. I'm the owner of this antique tavern, Mongaup Valley, New York State. I was here when this crowd really came. We expected 50,000 a day and there must have been a million. I, myself, was hungry for two days because I couldn't get any food! I couldn't go out to buy any food.
[laughs]
Sidney Westerfield, Local merchant: I was eatin' cornflakes for two days. And the kids were wonderful. I had no kick. It was, "Sir, this" and "Sir, that" and "Thank you, this" and "Thank you, ...
[...]
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In the directors cut the opening credits have the rating credits being burned and exploded. It had Jimmy Hendrix' version of the "Star-Spangled-Banner" played in the background. See more »Alternate Versions
A Director's Cut was released in 1994. This version includes Janis Joplin, and extra footage of Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Winter and Jimi Hendrix. It's 228? minutes, 6354? meters long, with remixed Dolby SR-D sound. See more »Soundtracks
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when the movie was first released, I saw Woodstock in a theater with my great uncle. I was in 8th grade. He took me to see it because we both played guitar and shared a love of music. It was quite an experience - especially some of the "free love" scenes, but we loved it and he was especially awed by Jimi Hendrix.
I had a chance to see the director's cut in a theater this year. It was such a gift to go back in time and recapture the feeling of that time. While four hours is a long time, the extra footage of Jimi Hendrix and the dreamy scenes of Janis Joplin near the end are worth it.
Yes, Woodstock is ESSENTIAL viewing for any rock fan and for anyone who wants to capture the real sense of what it was like to feel part of a generational "love' movement. It seems so unreal in retrospect, but those of us who lived it - remember it. See Woodstock and enjoy.