The three-day Woodstock music festival in 1969 was the pivotal event of the 1960s peace movement, and this landmark concert film is the definitive record of that milestone of rock & roll history. It's more than a chronicle of the hippie movement, however; this is a film of genuine historical and social importance, capturing the spirit of America in transition, when the Vietnam War was at its peak and antiwar protest was fully expressed through the liberating music of the time. With a brilliant crew at his disposal (including a young editor named Martin Scorsese), director Michael Wadleigh worked with over 300 hours of footage to create his original 225-minute director's cut, which was cut by 40 minutes for the film's release in 1970. Eight previously edited segments were restored in 1994, and the original director's cut of Woodstock is now the version most commonly available on videotape and DVD.

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excellent document of a historic happening, perhaps this cut is a bit rigorous but it does speed up things nicely.

Wooden Ships

The song is Wooden Ships as recorded by Crosby, Stills, & Nash. The Jefferson Airplane also recorded it. It's on the album Volunteers I believe.

Wonderful event..

Fantastic DVD.. This really does capture the moment.. The current generation could do with giving this one a view!!

I wonder if anyone could tell me the name of the song that plays on this directors cut 9 mins 45 secs in.. The song plays over the imagery of the stage being set up..

The lyrics start with... If you smile at me.. il understand!!


Thanks in advance