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List Price: $24.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 565
Released: June 9, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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| Features:
AC-3 Color Director's Cut Dolby DVD Original recording remastered Restored Special Edition Subtitled Widescreen NTSC | |
Editorial Review:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 06/09/2009
Description of Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director's Cut (40th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition):
The three-day Woodstock music festival in 1969 was the pivotal event of the 1960s peace movement, and this landmark concert film is the definitive record of that milestone of rock & roll history. It's more than a chronicle of the hippie movement, however; this is a film of genuine historical and social importance, capturing the spirit of America in transition, when the Vietnam War was at its peak and antiwar protest was fully expressed through the liberating music of the time. With a brilliant crew at his disposal (including a young editor named Martin Scorsese), director Michael Wadleigh worked with over 300 hours of footage to create his original 225-minute director's cut, which was cut by 40 minutes for the film's release in 1970. Eight previously edited segments were restored in 1994, and the original director's cut of Woodstock is now the version most commonly available on videotape and DVD.
The film deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Documentary, and it's still a stunning achievement. Abundant footage taken among the massive crowd ("half a million strong") expresses the human heart of the event, from skinny-dipping hippies to accidental overdoses, to unpredictable weather, midconcert childbirth, and the thoughtful (or just plain rambling) reflections of the festive participants. Then, of course, there is the music--a nonstop parade of rock & roll from the greatest performers of the period, including Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Canned Heat, The Who, Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Sly & The Family Stone, Santana, and many more. Watching this ambitious film, as the saying goes, is the next best thing to being there--it's a time-travel journey to that once-in-a-lifetime event. --Jeff Shannon
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director's Cut (40th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition) Reviews:
Blu-ray NOT NECESSARY!!!! 
2009-11-09 - Although I love the new footage as it is such a joy to see Janis Joplin and Credence and Mountain I must say that buying this 40th Anniversary edition on Blue Ray is a whopping waste of money. A film is only good as its original source and the 16mm film that Woodstock was shot on is so incredibly poor that enhancing on Blue Ray only magnifies the grain and the shoddy essence that previously was fairly unnoticed. So dear souls hoping to UPGRADE your visual anatomy of the Woodstockian world on display may lessen the blow to their mind and their wallet by simply staying with the 40th year anniversary set on regular and NOT Blu ray DVD. The film is what it is and if you havent seen it by now and your not under 30 then you should be ashamed of yourself. A great experience none the less but
repeat viewings will not be on your to do list for sometime to come. God bless us everyone and for pete sake dont take the brown acid.
Awesome Woodstock DVD 
2009-10-28 - About 3 hours of extra concert footage - CCR and extended Who made it all worthwhile. If you're a "Deadhead" you'll love their footage. Clever packaging. Well worth the $$$.
Woodstock 49th Anniversay Box Set
2009-10-27 - I wasnt at Woodstock, but i sure knew what was happening in the music world---wanted to be there but could only follow it in the papers and TV---this boxset has to be the Ultimate viewing material available to us to date. the quality is way better than past releases (especially VHS)extended scenes with the crowd makes you closer to what your watching, you can feel the vibes--all the bonus material especially the bands that didnt get included in the original release kept me excited as i got to view some of my favourite groups in action with the times---all in all, if you want a step back in time to view what you missed not being there and if you were there, a trip to your past--BUT THIS GREAT COLLECTORS EDITION WOODSTOCK 3 DAYS OF PEACE AND MUSIC
Woodstock
2009-10-24 - This was a once in a lifetime event that will most likely never happen again. Great artists, great music and a great view of how we were going to change the world through music, peace and love. So glad I got this on Blu-Ray.
rip off just DVDS 
2009-10-21 - This guy sends you just the rwo DVDS NOTHING ELSE!!! NOTHING that was advertised. All the little extras you don't get.`
