The Grateful Dead Movie (1977)

Directed by

Leon Gast, Jerry Garcia

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 11m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary captures the Grateful Dead's five-night concert run at Winterland in San Francisco during October 1974. It shows the band's performances and the growing community of fans known as Deadheads.

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What happens

The Grateful Dead Movie, released in 1977 and directed by Jerry Garcia, is a film that captures live performances from rock band the Grateful Dead during an October 1974 five-night run at Winterland in San Francisco. These concerts marked the beginning of a hiatus, with the October 20, 1974, show billed as "The Last One". The band would return to touring in 1976. The film features the "Wall of Sound" concert sound system that the Dead used for all of 1974. The movie also portrays the burgeoning Deadhead scene. Two albums have been released in conjunction with the film and the concert run: Steal Your Face and The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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