Woodstock: The Director's Cut (1970) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

The director¿s cut of the events of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August 1969.

Cast & Crew

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Michael Wadleigh

Richie Havens

Song Performer ("Going To The War" "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child")

Joan Baez

Joe Cocker

Arlo Guthrie

Jimi Hendrix

Photos & Videos

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Woodstock (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Going Up The Country

Dave Karger Intro — Woodstock (1970)

Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Woodstock: The Director's Cut (1970)

Alec Baldwin Intro -- Woodstock (1970)

Dave Karger Intro -- Woodstock: The Director's Cut (1970)

Film Details

Also Known As

Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music, Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music - The Director's Cut

Genre

Documentary

Music

Release Date

1970

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures

Distribution Company

WARNER BROS. PICTURES DISTRIBUTION (WBPD); Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution; PathT International; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Technical Specs

Duration

3h 4m

Synopsis

The events of the three-day Woodstock Music and Art Fair, held near Bethel, New York in August 1969. Musical performances of the participating performers are documented, as well as the reactions of community residents and the 400,000 young people who attended.

Director

Michael Wadleigh

Cast

Richie Havens

Song Performer ("Going To The War" "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child")

Joan Baez

Joe Cocker

Arlo Guthrie

Jimi Hendrix

Jefferson Airplane

(1994 Director'S Cut)

Janis Joplin

(1994 Director'S Cut)

Carlos Santana

John B. Sebastian

Ten Years After

Johnny Winter

(1994 Director'S Cut)

Crew

Robert Alavarez

Joan Baez

Song Performer ("I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill" "Swing Low Sweet Chariot")

Dale Bell

Production Supervisor

John Bindor

Documentary Unit Coordinator

Eric Blackstead

Sound Coordinator (Performance)

Richard Cheu

Additional Photography

Ted Churchill

Additional Photography

Joe Cocker

Song Performer ("With A Little Help From My Friends")

Robert Dannemann

Additional Photography

Charles Groesbeek

Sound (Documentary)

Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie

Song Performer ("Mr Customs Man")

Malcolm Hart

Cinematographer

Malcolm Hart

Sound (Documentary)

Richie Havens

Jimi Hendrix

Song Performer ("Star Spangled Banner" "Purple Haze")

Jimi Hendrix

Song ("Purple Haze")

B K Hirsh

Jere Huggins

L.a. Johnson

L.a. Johnson

Larry Johnson

Sound (Documentary)

Larry Johnson

Assistant (To Michael Wadleigh)

Don Lenzer

Dp/Cinematographer

Don Lenzer

Cinematographer

Charles Levy

Additional Photography

Joe Low

Sound (Documentary)

Ed Lynch

Additional Photography

Michael Margetts

Additional Photography

Bob Maurice

Country Joe Mcdonald

Country Joe Mcdonald

Song Performer ("I-Feel-Like-I'M-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag")

Muffie Meyer

David Meyers

Cinematographer

Joni Mitchell

Song ("Woodstock")

David Myers

Cinematographer

David Myers

Dp/Cinematographer

Richard Pearce

Dp/Cinematographer

Richard Pearce

Cinematographer

Bruce Perlman

Sound (Documentary)

Charles Pitt

Sound (Documentary)

Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana

Song Performer ("Soul Sacrifice")

Thelma Schoonmaker

Assistant Director

Thelma Schoonmaker

Editor Supervisor

Martin Scorsese

Assistant Director

Martin Scorsese

Editor Supervisor

John B. Sebastian

John B. Sebastian

Song Performer ("Younger Generation")

Ten Years After

Song Performer ("I'M Goin' Home")

Ten Years After

Fred Underhill

Additional Photography

Michael Wadleigh

Editor Supervisor

Michael Wadleigh

Cinematographer

Michael Wadleigh

Dp/Cinematographer

Stan Warnow

Additional Photography

Stan Warnow

Alfred Wertheimer

Dp/Cinematographer

Alfred Wertheimer

Cinematographer

Yubun-yee

Videos

Woodstock (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Going Up The Country Early events, setting up outside Bethel, NY, in August, 1969, lead producer Michael Lang, age 28, interviewed by a news crew, with a recording of Canned Heat’s performance of Going Up The Country, derived from a Henry Thomas recording, from the documentary Woodstock, 1970.

Woodstock (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Traffic Up Tight At Hippie Fest From Woodstock, 1970, more preliminaries, the first appearance by Janis Joplin and the second by Jerry Garcia, and the beginning of Richie Havens’ Handsome Johnny, part of his galvanizing three-hour performance often cited for rescuing the festival while other musicians arrived.

Woodstock (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Summertime Blues Nearly dawn on the second night of the festival in August, 1969, The Who (Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Keith Moon) with their concert standard, Eddie Cochran’s Summertime Blues, from the documentary Woodstock, 1970.

Woodstock (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Star Spangled Banner Most people had left the festival (about 20,000 of 500,000 remained) when Jimi Hendrix and his band finally took the stage, on Monday morning, for what became one of the best-known performances, his improvised Star Spangled Banner, from Woodstock, 1970.

Intro Aired: Sep 2020

Dave Karger Intro — Woodstock (1970) TCM’s Dave Karger introduces Woodstock, 1970.

Intro Aired: Feb 2018

Dave Karger Intro -- Woodstock: The Director's Cut (1970) Guest host Dave Karger introduces Woodstock: The Director’s Cut, 1970.

Intro Aired: Sep 2017

Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Woodstock: The Director's Cut (1970) Ben Mankiewicz Intro — Woodstock: The Director’s Cut (1970)

Intro Aired: Nov 2016

Alec Baldwin Intro -- Woodstock (1970) Guest host Alec Baldwin introduces Woodstock, 1970.

Film Details

Also Known As

Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music, Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music - The Director's Cut

Genre

Documentary

Music

Release Date

1970

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures

Distribution Company

WARNER BROS. PICTURES DISTRIBUTION (WBPD); Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution; PathT International; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Technical Specs

Duration

3h 4m

Award Wins

Best Documentary

1970

Thelma Schoonmaker

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States March 1970

Released in United States on Video June 28, 1989

Released in United States September 1994

Released in United States September 2009

Released in United States Spring March 1, 1970

Re-released in United States June 29, 1994

Re-released in United States on Video August 3, 1994

Director's cut shown at Venice Film Festival (Venetian Nights) September 1-12, 1994.

Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Yonge and Dundas Square) September 10-19, 2009.

The 1994 "director's cut" contains an additional 40 minutes of musical footage, including such performers as Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane and Johnny Winter.

Released in United States March 1970

Released in United States Spring March 1, 1970

Released in United States on Video June 28, 1989

Re-released in United States June 29, 1994 (director's cut; New York City and Los Angeles)

Re-released in United States on Video August 3, 1994 (director's cut)

Released in United States September 1994 (Director's cut shown at Venice Film Festival (Venetian Nights) September 1-12, 1994.)

Released in United States September 2009 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Yonge and Dundas Square) September 10-19, 2009.)

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