Woodstock (subtitled "3 Days of Peace & Music") is a 1970 documentary on the Woodstock Festival in 1969. The film was directed by Michael Wadleigh and was edited by (amongst others) Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker; Schoonmaker was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing. It received the Academy Award for Documentary Feature, as well as a nomination for Best Sound. The Official Director's Cut spans 225 minutes. There is also a solo DVD release of Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. VH1 Classic occasionally airs the Director's Cut version of the documentary. Image File history File links Woodstock. ... Michael Wadleigh (born September 24, 1941) is an American movie director and cinematographer renowned for his groundbreaking documentary of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. ... Michael Wadleigh (born September 24, 1941) is an American movie director and cinematographer renowned for his groundbreaking documentary of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. ... Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, writer and producer and founder of the World Cinema Foundation. ... Thelma Schoonmaker (born January 3, 1940) is an American Academy Award-winning film editor who has worked with director Martin Scorsese for over thirty-five years. ... Warner Bros. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr premieres in New York City. ... The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a historic event held at Max Yasgurs 600 acre (2. ... // Perhaps the most famous musical events of 1969 are two legendary concerts. ... Michael Wadleigh (born September 24, 1941) is an American movie director and cinematographer renowned for his groundbreaking documentary of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. ... Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, writer and producer and founder of the World Cinema Foundation. ... Thelma Schoonmaker (born January 3, 1940) is an American Academy Award-winning film editor who has worked with director Martin Scorsese for over thirty-five years. ... The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ... The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is one of the most prestigious awards for documentary films. ... This is a list of films that have received an Oscar for best sound. ... This article contains a trivia section. ...

Artists by appearance

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Trivia

• The documentary was reportedly edited from 120 miles of footage shot at the three-day concert.
• While they don't appear in the film, or on the soundtrack, a number of other artists played at Woodstock, such as The Grateful Dead, Incredible String Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Winter and Ravi Shankar who played through the rain. Ironically, it was because of the Dead that Creedence doesn't appear; John Fogerty complained that the Dead jammed way past their scheduled slot, and thus most of the audience was tuned out when Creedence took the stage. Fogerty felt the band's appearance was sub-par, and asked that it not be included in the film.
• Two of the film's six editors were the future multiple-award winning director Martin Scorsese, and Scorsese's frequent film editor Thelma Schoonmaker.
• Short portions of the film are featured in the 1971 sci-fi movie The Omega Man. Charlton Heston goes to watch Woodstock in an abandoned theatre ("Good show! Held over for the third straight year.") in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. The segments shown include Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe & The Fish, and an anonymous hippie attendee whose remarks Heston mutters along with.

• The film is rated R by the MPAA for drug content, nudity, and language, even though the original festival was all-ages.

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External links

• Woodstock at the Internet Movie Database

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Further reading

• Dave Saunders, Direct Cinema: Observational Documentary and the Politics of the Sixties, London, Wallflower Press 2007