Woodstock (film)
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Woodstock (1970) The film is about "3 Days of Peace, Love, & Music" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969; directed by Michael Wadleigh and edited by Martin Scorsese, among others. The Official Director's Cut spans 225 minutes. There is also a solo DVD release of Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock.
Awards
The film won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature and was nominated in the Best Film Editing and Best Sound categories. In 1996, the film was deemed culturally significant by the U.S. Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.Artists by appearance
| number | group / singer | title |
| 1.* | Crosby, Stills & Nash | Long Time Gone |
| 2.* | Wooden Ships* | |
| 3.* | Canned Heat | Going Up the Country |
| 4. | Richie Havens | Handsome Johnny** |
| 5. | Freedom | |
| 6. | Canned Heat | A Change Is Gonna Come** |
| 7. | Joan Baez | Joe Hill |
| 8. | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | |
| 9. | The Who | We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me Feel Me |
| 10. | Summertime Blues | |
| 11. | Sha-Na-Na | At the Hop |
| 12. | Joe Cocker and the Grease Band | With a Little Help From My Friends |
| 13. | Crowd Rain Chant | |
| 14. | Country Joe and the Fish | Rock and Soul Music** |
| 15. | Arlo Guthrie | Coming Into Los Angeles |
| 16. | Crosby, Stills and Nash | Suite: Judy Blue Eyes |
| 17. | Ten Years After | I'm Going Home |
| 18. | Jefferson Airplane | Saturday Afternoon/ Won't You Try** |
| 19. | Uncle Sam's Blues** | |
| 20. | John Sebastian | Younger Generation |
| 21. | Country Joe McDonald | FISH Cheer/Feel-Like-I'm-Fixing-to-Die-Rag |
| 22. | Santana | Soul Sacrifice |
| 23. | Sly and the Family Stone | I Want To Take You Higher |
| 24. | Janis Joplin | Work Me, Lord** |
| 25. | Jimi Hendrix | Voodoo Child** |
| 26. | The Star-Spangled Banner | |
| 27. | Purple Haze & Instrumental Solo | |
| 28.* | Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young | Woodstock |
*) opening and final credits (no stage performance)
**) not in the original version, only in the directors cut
Trivia
- The documentary was reportedly edited from 120 miles of footage shot at the three-day concert.
See also
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