![]() ![]() In each of those metropolitan areas the movie played at only one cinema during that week, but many thousands showed up. The edition of of Variety reported it was doing well in its third week in Chicago and San Francisco. It was also an enormous box-office smash. Woodstock received universal acclaim from newspaper and magazine critics in 1970. Reception and legacy Drive-in advertisement from 1970 Grateful Dead (a Jerry Garcia interview is included).Tim Hardin (some of his dialogue is included).Bert Sommer ( Joan Baez is seen talking about him during her backstage interview).** director's cut only, not in the original theatrical release Artists omitted * studio recording from an album by the artist " Woodstock"* / " Find the Cost of Freedom" ** " Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (named " Voodoo Chile" in the film) ** " Dance to the Music" / " I Want to Take You Higher" " FISH Cheer / Feel-Like-I'm-Fixing-to-Die-Rag" "Saturday Afternoon" / "Won't You Try" ** " We're Not Gonna Take It" / " See Me, Feel Me" " Freedom" / " Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" In 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".Īn expanded 40th Anniversary Edition of Woodstock, released on Jin Blu-ray and DVD formats, features additional performances not before seen in the film, and it includes lengthened versions of existing performances, such as Creedence Clearwater Revival. However, the opening and closing acts are the same in the film as they appeared on stage Richie Havens opens the show and Jimi Hendrix closes it. Both cuts take liberties with the timeline of the festival. A director's cut spanning 224 minutes was released in 1994. The 1970 theatrical release of the film ran 185 minutes. The film was screened at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition. Johnson were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound. Schoonmaker was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, a rare distinction for a documentary. It received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Woodstock was a great commercial and critical success. ![]() Seven editors are credited, including Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese, and Wadleigh. The film was directed by Michael Wadleigh. ![]() Woodstock is a 1970 American documentary film of the watershed counterculture Woodstock Festival which took place in August 1969 near Bethel, New York. ![]()
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