Woodstock (1970)


Woodstock
Taglinelove, peace, music
GenreDocumentary, History, Music
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBethel, New York, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby Digital, Mono, 70 mm 6-Track
ColorColor
Film TypeDocumentary
Film ClassConcerts [nf]
MoodMemory Lane, Pick-Me-Ups
ThemesBohemian Life, Generation Gap
TonesAffectionate, Atmospheric, Easygoing, Irreverent, Passionate, Reflective, Upbeat
TagsDrugs, Folk Music, Hippie, Mud, Music, Performer, Protester, Rock Band, Rock Music, Songwriter

Woodstock is a 1970 American documentary on the Woodstock Festival that took place in August 1969 at Bethel in New York. Entertainment Weekly called this film the benchmark of concert movies and one of the most entertaining documentaries ever made. The film was directed by Michael Wadleigh and was edited by (amongst others) Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker; Schoonmaker was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing.


Cast and Crew


Cast

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Herself

Themselves

Themselves

Himself

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Crosby Stills & Nash
Themselves

Themselves

Himself

Themselves

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Themselves

Themselves

Herself

Richard Alvarez
Himself - Cinematographer

Jose Chepito Areas
Himself - Santana

Lennie Baker
Himself - Sha Na Na

Bruce Barthol
Himself - Country Joe and the Fish

David Brown
Himself - Santana

Mike Carabello
Himself - Santana

Chick Churchill
Himself - Ten Years After

Johnny Contardo
Himself - Sha Na Na

Alan Cooper
Himself - Sha Na Na

Himself - Crosby, Stills and Nash

Himself - The Who

Himself - The Who

Himself

Himself - Promoter

Frederick 'Dennis' Greene
Himself - Sha Na Na

Himself - Executive Producer of Woodstock Festival

Himself - Ten Years After

Ric Lee
Himself - Ten Years After

Rob Leonard
Himself - Sha Na Na

Leo Lyons
Himself - Ten Years After

Jocko Marcellino
Himself - Sha Na Na

Himself - Country Joe and the Fish

Himself - Country Joe and the Fish

Chip Monck
Himself - Stage Announcer

Himself - The Who

Himself - Crosby, Stills and Nash

Scott Powell
Himself - Sha Na Na

Gregg Rolie
Himself - Santana

Himself

Himself - Santana

Swami Satchidananda
Himself - Guru providing opening address

Himself - Santana

'Screamin' Scott' Simon
Himself - Sha Na Na

Himself - Crosby, Stills and Nash

Himself - Sly & the Family Stone

Himself - The Who

Sidney Westerfield
Himself - Local merchant giving opening speech

Himself

Donald 'Donny' York
Himself - Sha Na Na

Director

Michael Wadleigh
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Producer

Dale Bell
associate producer

Bob Maurice
producer

Cinematographer

Malcolm Hart
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Don Lenzer

Michael Margetts
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David Myers

Michael Wadleigh

Al Wertheimer

Editor

Jere Huggins
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Michael Wadleigh
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Stanley Warnow

Yeu-Bun Yee
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Production Manager

Sonya Polonsky
production manager

production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

assistant director

assistant director

Sound Department

David Behle
re-recording engineer

John Binder
sound supervisor: location unit

Douglas Greenfield
consultant: Dolby

Charles Groesbeck
documentary sound

Timothy A. Hoggatt
sonic solution engineer

L.A. Johnson
sound, sound supervisor , documentary sound

Joseph Louw
documentary sound

Graham Lee Mahin
dubbing supervisor

David Miranda
re-recording engineer

sound engineer

Bruce Perlman
documentary sound

Charles Pitts
documentary sound

Greg P. Russell
re-recording mixer

George Groves
sound supervisor, sound re-recording mixer

Sergio Reyes
additional sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects

Michael Backauskas
visual effects editor: Warner Brothers Imaging Technology

Matt Farell
digital artist

Rob House
digital compositing lead

digital effects compositor: rating card explosion sequence

Terrence Masson
CG supervisor: Warner Brothers Imaging Technology

Jesse Silver
digital paintbox restoration supervisor: Jimi Hendrix Voodoo sequence

Camera and Electrical Department

Martin Andrews
technical supervisor: location

Bruce Byall
electrician

Richard Chew
additional photographer

Ted Churchill
additional photographer

Bob Danneman
additional photographer

Chuck Levey
additional photographer

Ed Lynch
additional photographer

Fred Underhill
additional photographer

Stanley Warnow
additional photographer

Editorial Department

Phyllis Smith Altenhaus
assistant editor

Robert Alvarez
assistant editor

Ed Carrieti
assistant editor

Ted Duffield
assistant editor

Miriam Eger
assistant editor

Tina Hirsch
assistant editor

Angela Kirby
assistant editor

Muffie Meyer
assistant editor

Fred Talmage
film coordinator: Hollywood

Winston Tucker
assistant editor

Joel Cox
stand-by editor

Music Department

Eric Blackstead
music advisor, music coordinator

L.A. Johnson
music recordist

Eddie Kramer
location music engineer

location music engineer

Danny Turbeville
music assistant

Dan Wallin
music mixer

Other Crew

Charles Cirigliano
production assistant, titles

Ed George
production assistant

Ken Glazebrook
production assistant

Hannah Hempstead
production secretary

L.A. Johnson
assistant to director

Alice Marks
production assistant

Anthony Santa Croce
production assistant

Al Zayat
production assistant

Nancy E. Barr
production assistant

Francis Lee
trailer/TV commercial director

Elen Orson
production assistant

Thanks

Ken Babbs
thanks: at Woodstock

Peter Barton
thanks: at Woodstock

Anne Bell
thanks: at Woodstock

Ric Berger
thanks: at Woodstock

Susan Berger
thanks: at Woodstock

Alex Brooks
thanks: at Woodstock

Steve Cohen
thanks: at Woodstock

Gerry Dunn
thanks: at Woodstock

Jeanne Field
thanks: at Woodstock

Joyce Fresh
thanks: at home

Beau Gill
thanks: at home

thanks: at home

Cathy Hiller
thanks: at Woodstock

Bill Hilliker
thanks: at home

Chuck Hirsch
thanks: at home

Arthur Kornfield
acknowledgment: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Bethel, N.Y. was presented by

Maggie Koven
thanks: at Woodstock

Chris Langhart
thanks: at Woodstock

acknowledgment: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Bethel, N.Y. was presented by

Tom Law
thanks: at Woodstock

Felicity Lynch
thanks: at Woodstock

Fern McBride
thanks: at Woodstock

Chip Monck
thanks: at Woodstock

John Morris
thanks: at Woodstock

Elen Orson
thanks: at Woodstock

Hart Perry
thanks: at home

John Roberts
acknowledgment: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Bethel, N.Y. was presented by

Bob Roizman
thanks: at home

thanks: at Woodstock

Joel Rosenman
acknowledgment: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Bethel, N.Y. was presented by

Valerie Santiago
thanks: at Woodstock

Van Schley
thanks: at Woodstock

Marilyn Silverberg
thanks: at home

Harold Smith
thanks: at Woodstock

Robert Solomon
thanks: at Woodstock

Renee Wadleigh
thanks: at Woodstock

Sidney Westerfield
thanks: at Woodstock

thanks: at Woodstock

Production Company

Wadleigh-Maurice

Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

Living Colour Entertainment

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Warner Bros.

Warner Home Video
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Warner Home Vídeo
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Special Effects

Pacific Title

Warner Bros. Imaging Technology

Miscellaneous

Camera Mart
equipment rental

Cinema Research
opticals

Eclair
cameras

Hanley Sound
location 8-track recording equipment

J. & D. Labs
original 16mm processing and printing

KEM Universal Editing Tables
multiple image editing on

National Screen Service
opticals

Pacific Title and Art Studio
opticals

Technicolor
color by