Today KQED aired The Grateful Dead Movie,
Duration: 2:13:04 CC Stereo TV14
Over 30 years ago, in 1974, The Grateful Dead decided to take a break from playing together. Knowing that this might be the close of an era, they filmed 5 consecutive concert nights in San Francisco at Bill Graham's Winterland Arena. This ambitious project, complete with trippy animation, came to be known as "The Grateful Dead Movie". The director and crew captured the concert, interviews and backstage camaraderie with 7 cameras. On the final night the band invited former drummer Mickey Hart to join them onstage. Jerry Garcia then spent 2.5 years editing this "love letter to Dead Heads," and was originally released in 1977. This historical and musical journey of the band has now been painstakingly restored in its original widescreen version and remixed in stereo surround sound.
Over 30 years ago, in 1974, The Grateful Dead decided to take a break from playing together. Knowing that this might be the close of an era, they filmed 5 consecutive concert nights in San Francisco at Bill Graham's Winterland Arena. This ambitious project, complete with trippy animation, came to be known as "The Grateful Dead Movie". The director and crew captured the concert, interviews and backstage camaraderie with 7 cameras. On the final night the band invited former drummer Mickey Hart to join them onstage. Jerry Garcia then spent 2.5 years editing this "love letter to Dead Heads," and was originally released in 1977. This historical and musical journey of the band has now been painstakingly restored in its original widescreen version and remixed in stereo surround sound.
Watching the movie, I am really moved by the long haired people in there. They were the spirit of SF. I can still see people like that in Berkeley, but not at Union Square. I bet some of the same crowd in the concert crowd was in today's Auto Show, but they have shortned their hair and shaved their beard since then.
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