Festival Express
Description
In the summer of 1970, some of the eras biggest rock stars all took to the rails for Festival Express, a multi-artist, multi-day, multi-city concert tour that captured the spirit and imagination of a generation. What made it unique was that it was portable; for five days, the bands and performers lives, slept, rehearsed and let loose aboard a customized train that traveled from Toronto, to Winnipeg, to Calgary, with each stop culminating in a mega-concert. The entire experience was filmed both off-stage and on, but the extensive footage and sound tapes of the events remained locked away for decades, only recently having been rediscovered and restored. The film Festival Express is a momentous achievement in rock film archaeology which combines the long-lost material with contemporary interviews that add important context to the event nearly 35 years after originally being filmed.
Bonus Features for Blu-ray
- The Making Of Festival Express
- Additional & Extended Interviews
- Watch The Songs From The Film, Uninterrupted
- Theatrical Trailer
- Bonus Performances From Buddy Guy, Grateful Dead, Ian & Sylvia And The Great Speckled Bird, Janis Joplin & More
Bonus Features for DVD
- Derailed: The Making Of Festival Express
- Additional & Extended Interviews
- Train Hopping: Watch The Songs From The Film, Uninterrupted
- Theatrical Trailer
- Bonus Performances From Buddy Guy, Grateful Dead, Ian & Sylvia And The Great Speckled Bird, Janis Joplin & More
Product Information
DISCS 2 |
RUN-TIME 90 min |
ASPECT RATIO 1.78:1 |
COLOR Color |
LANGUAGE English |
REGION Region 1 |
RATING R |
PRODUCTION DATE 2003 |
CLOSED-CAPTIONED No |
Cast & Crew
Bob Smeaton | Director |
Bob Weir | Actor |
Buddy Guy | Actor |
Janis Joplin | Actor |
Jerry Garcia | Actor |
Levon Helm | Actor |
Robbie Robertson | Actor |
Gavin Poolman | Producer |
John D. Trapman | Producer |