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The Grateful Dead Movie (1974)

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Runtime: 5 hrs 5 mins

Synopsis: Filmed during the Grateful Dead's 1974 tour, Leon Gast's iconic documentary features Gary Gutierrez's hallucinatory animation interspersed with concert footage of the band performing classics such as "Truckin'," "Stella Blue," "Casey Jones," and "Sugar Magnolia." Filmmaker... Filmed during the Grateful Dead's 1974 tour, Leon Gast's iconic documentary features Gary Gutierrez's hallucinatory animation interspersed with concert footage of the band performing classics such as "Truckin'," "Stella Blue," "Casey Jones," and "Sugar Magnolia." Filmmaker Gast--who went on to lens the acclaimed HELL'S ANGELS FOREVER (1983) and the Oscar-winning WHEN WE WERE KINGS (1996)--also goes behind the scenes with the band and interviews many fans in an ambitious effort to capture the complete Dead experience. [More]

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Director: Leon Gast

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 11, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Region 0
  • Keep Case
  • 2-Disc Set
  • Widescreen - 1.77

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Susan Crutcher, John Nutt - Editors
  • Production Interviews - 1. Bob Weir - Star
  • 2. Bill Kreutzmann - Star
  • 3. Donna Jean Godchaux - Star
  • 4. Steve Parish - Star
  • 5. Gary Gutierrez - Animator
  • Bonus Feature - 1. Multi-Camera/Multi-Track-Audio Demonstration
  • Making-of - 1. MAKING OF THE DVD
  • 2. MAKING OF THE ANIMATED SEQUENCE
  • Documentary - 1. A LOOK BACK
  • TV Spot - 1. MARS HOTEL Television Commercial (1974)

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Stills/Photos
  • Production Notes

Additional Products:

  • 24-Page Collector's Booklet with Rare Photos and an essay by longtime Grateful Dead historian Dennis McNally

Tracks:

  • 1. "U.S. Blues"
  • 2. "One More Saturday Night"
  • 3. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad"
  • 4. "Truckin'"
  • 5. "Eyes of the World"
  • 6. "Sugar Magnolia"
  • 7. "Playing in the Band"
  • 8. "Stella Blue"
  • 9. "Casey Jones"
  • 10. "He's Gone"
  • 11. "Morning Dew"
  • 12. "Johnny B. Goode"
  • 13. "It Must Have Been the Roses"

Bonus Tracks:

  • 1. "Uncle John's Band"
  • 2. "Sugaree"
  • 3. "The Other One/Spanish Jam/Mind Left Body Jam/The Other One"
  • 4. "Scarlet Begonias"
  • 5. "China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider"
  • 6. "Dark Star"
  • 7. "Weather Report Suite"

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It's the kind of film no respectable Deadhead would be without.

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Dennis Schwartz
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Even for Deadheads who have watched the movie more times than was probably healthy, the new high-definition video digital transfer will still yield revelations.

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11/05/04
Joel Selvin
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