The Band The Last Waltz (Blu-ray) PG
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 57 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 31, 2009
- Originally Released: 1978
- Label: Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Performer: | Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Hawkins, Paul Butterfield, Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond, The Staple Singers, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Wood, Dr. John & Lawrence Ferlinghetti | |
Directed by | Martin Scorsese | |
Music Performer: | The Band | |
Produced by | Robbie Robertson | |
Director of Photography: | László Kovács, Vilmos Zsigmond, Michael Chapman & Michael Watkins | |
Executive Production by | Jonathan Taplin |
Entertainment Reviews:
...The first rock-concert film shot in 35mm....It's a RAGING BULL knockout job supervised by Scorsese and Band guitarist Robbie Robertson...
USA Today
5 stars out of 5 -- [T]he gig is alive and momentous....The Band live up to their myth in Scorese's scorching testament.
Total Film
...A dazzling array of talent on display here...
New York Times
...Some of the best musical performances ever caught on film...
Entertainment Weekly
4 stars out of 5 -- It's worth seeing in a cinema, partly because Scorsese took uncommon care over little things like camera placement and content, but also because they really crank the volume.
Sight and Sound
...A revealing document...
Chicago Sun-Times
...The film boasts kinetic, crisply lighted camerawork and foot-of-the-stage sound...
Rolling Stone
...An outstanding rock documentary....The film is a series of highlights....Tight and exciting...It fits together beautifully...
Variety
Product Description:
In what just might be the finest rock & roll concert film ever, THE LAST WALTZ celebrates the final performance by the Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm, and Garth Hudson). The show took place on Thanksgiving Day in 1976, at San Francisco's Winterland Arena--where the group had played their very first show more than 16 years before. In order to make their farewell even more unforgettable, they recruited numerous guests to join them onstage, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Hawkins, Paul Butterfield, Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond, the Staple Singers, Dr. John, Ringo Starr, Ron Wood, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Martin Scorsese, a former roommate of Robbie Robertson's, employs some of the world's greatest cinematographers--including Michael Chapman, Vilmos Zsigmond, and Laszlo Kovacs--to film the set in a way that captures the show's sweat and energy with a powerful intimacy. Interspersed into the songs are a series of interviews with the Band's members, who recall their early days playing for empty bars and their emergence as major players in the rock & roll game. THE LAST WALTZ is a thrilling concert film, mandatory viewing even for those unfamiliar with the Band or rock music in general.
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1970s
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