![Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music]( "Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music")
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music
The Director’s Cut
40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition
[3 Discs DVD] or [2 Discs Blu-ray]
First of BD edition and 1&2 DVD edition includes director's cut of film by Michael Wadleigh.
Second of BD edition and third DVD includes:
· Woodstock: Untold Stories 18 Performances as never before seen
FULL DESCRIPTION OF 18 BONUS PERFORMANCES
· Joan Baez “One Day at a Time”
· Country Joe McDonald “Flying High”
· Santana “Evil Ways”
· Canned Heat “I’m Her Man” and “On the Road Again”
· Mountain “Beside the Sea” and “Southbound Train”
· Grateful Dead “Turn On Your Love Light”
· Creedence Clearwater Revival “Born on the Bayou”, “I’ve Put a Spell on You” and "Keep on Chooglin’”
· The Who “We’re Not Going To Take It” and “My Generation”
· Jefferson Airplane “3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds”
· Joe Cocker “Something’s Coming On”
· Johnny Winter “Mean Town Blues”
· Paul Butterfield “Morning Sunrise”
· Sha Na Na “Teen Angel”
· Woodstock: From Festival to Feature Interviews of the sights and sounds of the 3 day event, from concert goers, promoters, crew and musicians:
FULL DESCRIPTION OF
WOODSTOCK FROM FESTIVAL TO FEATURE
· The Camera: The Éclair NPR was the best camera around in 1969; Michael Wadleigh talks about why the Éclair was the right camera for this film.
· 365,000 Feet of Film: The stories of how Dale Bell and his crew begged, borrowed and stole just enough film to document the festival.
· Shooting Stage: Those up-close shots of performers didn’t just happen by magic; see how Wadleigh and his cameramen got those up close and personal shots of the performers.
· The Line Up: The Who, Sha Na Na, Santana, Ten Years After, Jefferson Airplane and many more; how did all these bands get on the roster for the festival of a life time?
· Holding the Negative Hostage: What does a filmmaker do when Technicolor is sending a copy of your negative to the studio without your permission? Well, you lock up the film and hire a lawyer.
· Announcements: “Don’t take the brown acid” or maybe it was green. We’ll hear about all the strange and informative announcements heard during those three days of peace, love and enlightenment.
· Suits VS. Longhairs: The clash between the hippie filmmakers and the Warner executives who didn’t understand what this film meant.
· Documenting History: Find out from Michael Wadleigh and Dale Bell, along with filmmakers, where the idea of capturing this event on film came from.
· Woodstock: The Journey: Some came by car, others by truck, a few came by helicopter but most walked to the most famous festival in history.
· Pre-Production: We’ll find out how this production got off the ground and meet the members of the crew that made it happen.
· Production: How many cameras were used? How much film did they go through? Did anyone sleep? All these questions and more will be answered here as we explore how Woodstock was captured on film.
· Synchronization: How do you sync all this material with out any slates? No slate, no problem. With the help of an upright Moviola, Dale Bell, Michael Wadleigh, Eddie Kramer and the editors were able to make magic from miles of tape and film.
· The Crowd: Half a million people of all colors, shapes, sizes, ages and sexes attended this historical event. We’ll hear stories about the number of people and how they all coexisted for three days with only minor incidents.
· No Rain! No Rain!: Everyone talks about the rain at this event as if it were a character. It was. It set the tone, provided moments of danger, fun and disgust.
· 3 Days in a Truck: Eddie Kramer heard some of the most amazing performances as he recorded this historic event. But during those three days of peace, love and music, he didn’t get to see any performances because he was stuck in a truck.
· Woodstock Effect: The film, the event and the album catapulted many musicians into the limelight, changing their lives forever.
· Living up to Idealism
· World’s Longest Optical
· Critical Acclaim
· Courtesy of The Museum at Bethel Woods: The Hog Farm Commune
· Hugh Hefner and Michael Wadleigh: The Woodstock Connection
