Woodstock (1970)
Wadleigh-Maurice

Description

Woodstock was a music festival, billed as An Aquarian Exposition, held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969.

The festival exemplified the counterculture of the late 1960s – early 1970s and the "hippie era". Thirty-two of the best-known musicians of the day appeared during the sometimes rainy weekend in front of nearly half a million concertgoers. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest moments in popular music history and was listed on Rolling Stone's 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.

Tags

1960s, Vietnam War, Oscar winner, Hippies, Peace movement

Collected reviews and ratings

10 Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

Because of this movie, the Woodstock state of mind now has its own history, folklore, myth. In terms of evoking the style and feel of a mass historical event, "Woodstock" may be the best documentary ever made in America. But don't see it for that reason; see it because it is so good to see.
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10 Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

Describing Woodstock as a concert movie is a little like calling Notre Dame a house of worship. [...] Woodstock remains the one true rock-concert spectacle, a counterculture Triumph of the Will.
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10 efilmcritic.com | Rob Gonsalves

An important sociological document as much as a massive who's who of rock and folk in 1969, which is why it endures today while pretenders like Lollapalooza are already forgotten.
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9.0 DVD.net.au | Nathan Clark

If you want to relive those old days of peace, love and copious amounts of drugs, then this is possibly your best step into that world.
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9.0 DVD Times | Raphael Pour-Hashemi

As a concert movie and statement of America during the turbulent late sixties period, Woodstock is priceless and perfect, from its multitude of classic sixties music to its naïve idealism of the hippie movement in full swing. It's long, breathtaking and completely divorced from our society, rendering it essential viewing indeed.
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8.0 Amazon user reviews

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.
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