The Last Waltz DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Director MARTIN SCORSESE&s visual & aural masterpiece captures the heart soul & spirit of an entire generation Arguably the best concert documentary ever this is the 1976 film account of the celebratory final concert of legendary group The Band at San Francisco&s Winterland Ballroom To make this an unforgettable farewell performance The Band&s leader ROBBIE ROBERTSON called upon mentors friends & musical influences to join them on stage during a marathon concert that lasted for over 5 hours until nearly 230am The concert features incredible performances from an amazing array of musical talent such as NEIL YOUNG RINGO STARR ERIC CLAPTON MUDDY WATERS ROBBIE ROBERTSON NEIL DIAMOND BOB DYLAN EMMYLOU HARRIS RON WOOD JONI MITCHELL VAN MORRISON & more With this line up of legends the feeling that this event should be documented led Robertson to meet with Scorsese who was in the middle of filming New York New York As a fan of The Band&s music & with his experience as assistant director of Woodstock Scorsese agreed to film THE LAST WALTZ Scorsese recruited expert film makers including cinematographer pals Michael Chapman (The Last Detail Taxi Driver The Fugitive) Vilmos Zsigmond (Deliverance Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Two Jakes) & László Kovács (Easy Rider Five Easy Pieces Ghostbusters) as well as production designer Boris Leven (West Side Story The Sound Of Music Fletch) The film captures one of the greatest events in rock 'n& roll historywhat started as a concert became a celebration & now the legend is available on DVD for the first time Actors The Band Eric Clapton Neil Diamond Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell Neil Young Emmylou Harris Van Morrison Ringo Starr Muddy Waters Dr John & Director Martin Scorsese Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1978 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles French ; Italian ; Spanish ; Dutch ; Norwegian ; Swedish ; Danish ; English for the hearing impaired ; German for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 57 minutes (approx)