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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   5,594 votes
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Director:
Michael Wadleigh
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Release Date:
26 March 1970 (USA) more
Tagline:
love, peace, music more
Plot:
The film chronicle of the legendary 1969 music festival. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(36 articles)
Books: Review: The Road To Woodstock
 (From The AV Club. 1 July 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)

VH1 And History Unite To Commemorate Woodstock With New Documentary
 (From iCelebz. 25 June 2009, 9:26 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
"We must be in Heaven, man!" more

Cast

  (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)
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
Jefferson Airplane ... Themselves
Janis Joplin ... Herself
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Woodstock 25th Anniversary Edition (USA) (director's cut)
Woodstock, 3 Days of Peace & Music (USA) (longer version)
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Runtime:
184 min | Germany:169 min | Sweden:184 min (1970) | Sweden:224 min (1994) | USA:228 min (director's cut) | Germany:216 min (director's cut)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital (re-release) | Mono (RCA Sound System) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1994) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:S | Norway:12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Bethel, New York, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Crosby Stills Nash & Young almost didn't perform at the festival. The helicopter that Graham Nash and the group's drummer, Dallas Taylor, were on was less than 25 feet off the ground when the tail rotor failed and it began to spin. The helicopter almost crashed and Nash and Taylor were almost killed. more
Quotes:
Hugh Romney: There's always a little bit of heaven in a disaster area. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Fuck (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Summertime Blues more

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8 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
"We must be in Heaven, man!", 5 February 2002
Author: Baroque

Wavy Gravy said it best. Three days of peace, love and music, captured onto film. Everybody has their own opinions about which groups are better than others, but the overall effect is a dizzying one. 500,000 people (with an additional 1 million on the roads who couldn't get any closer) gathered in one spot, for a festival that named a generation. It's hard to believe that the concert was supposed to be a nothing more than a publicity event for a proposed recording studio, financed by a pair of venture capitalists. But the sun, moon and the stars were all in the proper alignment to create an event that we can only stand back and admire. I praise the organizers for having the foresight to document this event on film, for future generations to enjoy and behold. And perhaps, one day, repeat in some form.

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