starring: Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, The Band, Rick Danko, Levon Helm
directed by: Bob Smeaton, Frank Cvitanovich
directed by: Bob Smeaton, Frank Cvitanovich
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780780649231
Feature: Festival Express is a rousing record of a little-known, but monumental, moment in rock n' roll history, starring such music legends as Janis Joplin, The Band, and the Grateful Dead. Set in 1970, Festival Express was a multi-band, multi-day extravaganza that captured the spirit and imagination of a generation and a nation. What made it unique was that it was portable; for five days, the bands and p
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Compilation, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780649230
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Label: New Line Home Video
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Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
MPN: DN7573D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 02, 2004
Running Time: 90 minutes
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 02, 2004
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- Festival Express is a rousing record of a little-known, but monumental, moment in rock n' roll history, starring such music legends as Janis Joplin, The Band, and the Grateful Dead. Set in 1970, Festival Express was a multi-band, multi-day extravaganza that captured the spirit and imagination of a generation and a nation. What made it unique was that it was portable; for five days, the bands and p
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FESTIVAL EXPRESS (DVD MOVIE)
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The vintage concert footage alone makes Festival Express a memorable and worthwhile endeavor, offering scintillating performances by Janis Joplin, the Band (their rollicking version of "Slippin' and Slidin'" is particularly mind-blowing), the Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy, and others (remember Mashmakhan?). In 1970, during the heyday of the rock festival, promoter Ken Walker decided to organize a traveling musical revue, bringing the mountain to Mohammed, as it were. In five days' time, the festival played in three Canadian cities with the entire conglomeration traveling, playing, and getting smashed together the whole way. Nearly as rewarding as the live performances are the candid scenes of the train ride itself, an endless jam session and party during which musicians of all shapes and sizes let their hair down--musically and otherwise. The contemporary interviews with Walker and some of the surviving musicians aren't particularly noteworthy, except as a way to prove that it all actually happened. Walker comes off as a hero in the film: he treated the musicians like royalty and insisted that the train roll on even though he was losing his shirt. (His financial failure is a large reason why this material stayed in the vaults for so long.) Perhaps the most remarkable scene is an off-the-cuff, LSD-fueled train jam featuring Joplin, the Band's Rick Danko, and the Dead's Jerry Garcia playing the old chestnut "Ain't No More Cane." Danko is so obliterated that even Janis has to ask him if he's OK--when Janis is worried about your state of mind, you must be pretty messed up. --Marc Greilsamer
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- Peace TrainThis documentary is one of the best of its kind. It seemlessly works in great quality concert footage with an amazing story line of the Festival Express in the glory of 1970. This is really something you won't get in most music documentaries; actual close up footage of Jerry, Bob, Janis, and Rick Danko of the Band all jammin' together on a train through Canada. The train footage is what did it for me. It's priceless stuff, like Buddy Guy and his band playin' the blues( horns and all) on a train with ... Read More
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- Powerful, heartfelt rock documentary.This rock documentary chronicles the journey via train, of several famous rock bands performing throughout Canada, in the summer of 1970. Most of the acts aboard the Festival Express train, were legendary; The Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin, Buddy Guy, etc.
The film emphasized the genuine camaraderie, between the bands as they travel on the train between performances. They were more like drinking buddies having the time of their lives together, than egocentric rock stars. Much jovial ... Read More
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- Great music DVDI love this music DVD. It features several bands performing shows across Canada while traveling by train. There is great footage from the train as well as the concerts. Definitely check it out.
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- THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST.WATCHING THIS DVD BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES OF THE SIXTIES. THE MUSIC, THE ATTITUDE, ALONG WITH A GLIMPSE OF A THE LIVES OUT MUSICAL HEROES WERE LIVING. THE MUSIC IS INCREDIBLE. THE SCENES WHERE THEY ARE INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER DURING THEIR TRAIN TRECK ACROSS CANADA IS A VIEW INTO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE TUNE IN, TURN ON GENERATION.
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- A Chance For The Young!I am a dinosaur. I have been a Deadhead since the year this movie was made, and seeing Jerry and the gang, especially Pigpen, so young again was a wonderful treat. Seeing Janice Joplin and the rest of the great artists in this film was also something very special. This is a wonderful chance for those who are too young to have seen these artists to experience them. I highly recommend this film!
