Woodstock is coming back to the big screen for one-night-only next month. Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the legendary three-day 1969 festival, the “Extended Director’s Cut” of Michael Wadleigh‘s Oscar-winning 1970 documentary hits theaters on Thursday, August 15th at 7:00 p.m. local time.
According to the press release for the showings, “Directed by Michael Wadleigh and utilizing extraordinary perspectives, including split-screen and multi-screen sequences, Woodstock received an Academy Award for Best Editing for Thelma Schoonmaker, a longtime collaborator of Martin Scorsese, who is also credited — along with Stan Warnow, Yeu-Bun Yee, Jere Higgins, and Wadleigh — as one of its editors. The movie features 30 musical performances, among them a five-song set by Jimi Hendrix; the Who; Janis Joplin; Crosby, Stills, & Nash; Jefferson Airplane; and Joan Baez.
Woodstock’s original “Director’s Cut” was released back in 1994 and featured over 40 minutes — including additional performances by Canned Heat, Country Joe & The Fish, John Sebastian, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix. The 2019 version of Woodstock The Director’s Cut runs three hours and 44 minutes. There will be a five-minute intermission after the first two hours and eight minutes of the feature.
Tickets are available now at www.FathomEvents.com.