Fillmore (1972)

Directed by

Richard T. Heffron

Genre

concert film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This concert film captures the final shows at the Fillmore West in San Francisco in 1971. It shows performances from famous rock bands and includes behind-the-scenes footage of the concert promoter and the local music scene.

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What happens

Fillmore — also known as Fillmore: The Last Days, and as Last Days of the Fillmore — is a music documentary film, primarily shot at the Fillmore West auditorium in San Francisco, California, from June 29 through July 4, 1971. It was released on June 14, 1972. Fillmore documents the final run of concerts at the Fillmore West, which closed after these shows. It features performances by several rock bands that emerged from the San Francisco music scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Santana, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. The film also contains extensive footage of concert promoter Bill Graham, who organized the concerts and ran the Fillmore West. Additionally, the film includes documentary footage shot several years earlier in and around San Francisco, showing the emergence of the music scene there amid the counterculture of the 1960s and the hippie movement. Fillmore was shot on 16 mm film and was released in a widescreen format with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio. It makes frequent use of split-screen images. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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