Fillmore (1972)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Richard T. Heffron

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Tagline:

An outrageous movie!

Plot:

A dozen rock groups are shown playing concerts in 1972. |

Plot Keywords:

Rock Music | Split Screen | Musician | San Francisco California | Concert Film

Cast

Bill Graham	...	Bill Graham
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marty Balin	...	Performers (as The Jefferson Airplane)
Elvin Bishop	...	Themselves (as The Elvin Bishop Group)
Ed Bogas	...	Performers (as Lamb)
Mike Carabello	...	Performers (as Santana)
Jack Casady	...	Performers (as Hot Tuna)
John Chambers	...	Performers (as The Elvin Bishop Group)
John Cipollina	...	Performers (as Quicksilver Messenger Service)
John Dawson	...	Performers (as The New Riders of the Purple Sage)
Bill Douglass	...	Performers (as Lamb)
Spencer Dryden	...	Performers (as The New Riders of the Purple Sage)
Gary Duncan	...	Performers (as Quicksilver Messenger Service)
Larry Fields	...	Performers (as Cold Blood)
David Freiberg	...	Performers (as Quicksilver Messenger Service)
Jerry Garcia	...	Performers (as The New Riders of the Purple Sage)
Keith Godchaux	...	Performers (as The Grateful Dead)
The Grateful Dead	...	Themselves
Michael Holman	...	Performers (as It's A Beautiful Day)
Hot Tuna	...	Themselves
Robert Hunter	...	Performers (as The Grateful Dead)
It's a Beautiful Day	...	Themselves
Jefferson Airplane	...	Themselves
Paul Kantner	...	Performers (as The Jefferson Airplane)
Jorma Kaukonen	...	Performers (as Hot Tuna)
Bill Kreutzmann	...	Performers (as The Grateful Dead)
David LaFlamme	...	Performers (as It's A Beautiful Day)
Barbara Mauritz	...	Performers (as Lamb)
Ron McKernan	...	Performers (as The Grateful Dead)
Steve Miller	...	Performers (as The Elvin Bishop Group)
Jim Murray	...	Performers (as Quicksilver Messenger Service)
The New Riders of the Purple Sage	...	Themselves
Quicksilver Messenger Service	...	Performers
The Rowan Brothers	...	Themselves
Chris Rowan	...	Performers (as The Rowan Brothers)
Lorin Rowan	...	Performers (as The Rowan Brothers)
Carlos Santana	...	Performers (as Santana)
Santana	...	Themselves
Patricia Santos	...	Performers (as It's A Beautiful Day)
Boz Scaggs	...	Performer
Rick Shlosser	...	Performers (as Lamb)
Michael Shrieve	...	Performers (as Santana)
Grace Slick	...	Performers (as The Jefferson Airplane)
Bob Swanson	...	Performers (as Lamb)
Bob Weir	...	Performers (as The Grateful Dead)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Bill Graham Organization

The end of an era

An excellent in your face documentary about 60's rock promoter Bill Graham that chronicles the last days of his Fillmore West which he closed in 1971 along with the Fillmore East a while later. FILLMORE gives us a no nonsense look at the music business after the nirvana of the 1960's had evaporated. The musical groups that flourished in the open San Francisco atmosphere and elsewhere during the mid to late 60's, became "authoritarian", corrupted by power bought with success and money. When love of music became secondary to egos and business interests, Graham decided to get out of the business. And so after watching the daily drudgery of Graham having to deal with prima Donnas, the threat of cancellations and broken agreements, it's easy to see why he wanted out. On the other hand, when talented musicians like Boz Scaggs, Carlos Santana, Elvin Bishop and Jerry Garcia take the stage to do their thing, it's easy to see why he got into the business in the first place.