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The Grateful Dead

  • 19771977
  • PGPG
  • 2h 11m
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The Grateful Dead (1977)
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The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.
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    • Director
      • Jerry Garcia
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      • Jerry Garcia
      • Donna Godchaux
      • Keith Godchaux
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      • Jerry Garcia
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      • Keith Godchaux
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    • Trivia
      The Winterland Auditorium where the Dead recorded these shows, is the same venue where The Band staged "The Last Waltz" two years later, it would later be demolished.
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    "Bottom line...
    ...there is nothing like a Grateful Dead show." Truer words were never spoken. This film portrays as nearly as possible the concert experience of the Grateful Dead. Although it was shot in 74, it could as well have been 84 or 94, because things never changed that much. The music is as timeless as "Greensleeves" or "Amazing Grace", and therefore will never go out of style. (How hip do you think Eminem will seem in 25 years?) Like Levis, the Dead are forever, and this film catches them on a really good night, one of thousands, when heaven came down very close to earth, and if you reached up high over your head, you could brush it with your fingertips. If you never saw the Dead, that's too bad, but this movie is pretty damn close. 1974 - wow. Jerry looked so young then. But didn't we all?
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    • Release date
      • June 2, 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • San Francisco, California, USA
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      • Electrascope
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      2 hours 11 minutes
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      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • 4-Track Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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