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Overview

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Director:
Martin Scorsese
Writer:
Mardik Martin (treatment)
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Release Date:
26 April 1978 (USA) more
Tagline:
It Started as a Concert. It Became a Celebration. [original theatrical] more
Plot:
A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Some Diamonds more (100 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robbie Robertson ... Himself - Lead Guitar / Vocal (as The Band)
Rick Danko ... Himself - Bass & Violin & Vocal (as The Band)
Richard Manuel ... Himself - Piano / Keyboards / Drums / Vocal (as The Band)
Levon Helm ... Himself - Drums / Mandolin / Vocal (as The Band)
Garth Hudson ... Himself - Organ / Accordion / Saxophone / Synthesizers (as The Band)

Eric Clapton ... Himself - Performer

Neil Diamond ... Himself - Performer

Bob Dylan ... Himself - Performer
Joni Mitchell ... Herself - Performer
Neil Young ... Himself - Performer
Emmylou Harris ... Herself - Performer

Ringo Starr ... Himself - Performer
Paul Butterfield ... Himself - Performer
Dr. John ... Himself - Performer
Van Morrison ... Himself - Performer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
FM Productions more

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Trivia:
The Band's management had overbooked the show. Two days before the show, they tried to have Muddy Waters taken off the bill. Levon Helm, The Band's drummer, threatened not to play the show if Muddy Waters was asked to leave. Muddy Waters is in the final cut of the film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During Garth Hudson's solo in the song "Stagefright", the entire song cuts forward approximately 25 seconds. more
Quotes:
Richard Manuel: [describing how The Band got its name] Well, we were The Hawks.
Robbie Robertson: And everything was fine, we were sailing along, and all of a sudden, one day The Hawks meant something else altogether.
Richard Manuel: And it was right in the middle of that whole psychedelia. Chocolate Subway, Marshmallow Overcoat. Those kind of names, you know?
Robbie Robertson: When we were working with Bob Dylan and we moved to Woodstock, everybody referred to us as the band. He called us the band, our friends called us the band, our neighbors called us the band.
Richard Manuel: We started out with The Crackers. We tried to call ourselves The Honkies. Everybody kind of backed off from that. It was too straight. So we decided just to call ourselves The Band.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The O.C.: The Last Waltz (#3.4)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Further On Up The Road more

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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Some Diamonds, 16 August 2004
Author: Frank P

Standouts include-- Rick Danko performing a soulful rendition of "It makes no difference".

Eric Clapton jamming with Robbie Robertson shows that Robbie is an excellent, and I believe, under rated guitarist.

"The night they drove old Dixie down" is another great performance with Levon belting it out.

Bob Dylan on "I shall be released" and "Forever young" are moving even though he is obviously renown for his song writing and not vocal abilities.

Muddy Waters, Ronny Hawkins, and Van Morrison also deliver the goods.

There is some gray material, however, for me, the diamonds outweigh the granite.

If you like blues, country rock, or electric folk there will be something for you in this film.

The interviews are interesting but, of course, it's the music that makes the movie.

I rented this for $3 at Blockbuster on DVD. It was worth more.

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