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02/09/06
The Last Waltz (1978)
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Reviews Counted: 37 Fresh: 36 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Synopsis: In what just might be the finest rock & roll concert film ever, THE LAST WALTZ celebrates the final performance by the Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm, and Garth Hudson). The show took place on Thanksgiving Day in 1976, at San Francisco's Winterland... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
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There is a dazzling array of talent on display here, and the film surely has its memorable moments. But it articulates so little of the end-of-an-era feeling it hints at.
05/20/03
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03/07/03
For all the superstars who appear on stage in this landmark rock-umentary, it is the offstage interviews that really star. The camera is a fly on the wall…. Each time we return to the stage after hearing what The Band members have to say, Scorsese wants t
01/07/03
A brilliant DVD does justice to the greatest rock-and-roll film of all time.
11/07/02
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08/09/02
The greatest rock concert movie ever made -- and maybe the best rock movie, period.
07/20/02
Scorsese actually scripted and storyboarded the film... Remarkably, the performances show no signs of being reined in or rehearsed. In fact, as Scorsese's cameras swirl around the musicians, all we see is joy and high spirits.
07/07/02
The Last Waltz is our best insight to a moment when the giants of the previous decade raged against time, in the shadow of an age that changed them all inalterably.
06/15/02
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