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United States. Language. English. Box office. $340,687 (original release) The Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
Apr 26, 1978 · Watch the 1978 film by Martin Scorsese that captures the historic concert of The Band, featuring guest performances by Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell and more. See the cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards and soundtrack of this rock music masterpiece.
- (20K)
- Documentary, Biography, Music
- Martin Scorsese
- 1978-04-26
- 6 min
- Jesse Kinos-Goodin
- The last supper. We've all seen the film, but what many people don't realize is that the concert, held on American Thanksgiving, was a long celebratory farewell, which included a Thanksgiving feast for 5,000 people who paid $25 for tickets — an astronomical price at a time when tickets normally sold for between $4-$7.
- Secret guests before secret guests were cool. Drake and Taylor Swift may have made it their calling cards to bring out a range of surprise guests on their tours, but 40 years earlier, the Band already had it perfected.
- The white room. Robertson was asked to help prepare Scorsese's film crew by recommending a movie they could watch. He suggested Jean Cocteau's avant garde film The Blood of a Poet, for reasons he still doesn't remember.
- Neil Young's cocaine booger. Young must have spent his fair share of time in the Cocteau Room, as he reportedly came out to perform "Helpless" with a large cocaine rock stuck up his nose.
Watch Martin Scorsese's film of The Band's final performance in 1976, featuring guest stars like Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and Muddy Waters. Read critics' reviews and ratings of this rock movie classic.
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- Martin Scorsese
- PG
- Last Waltz Inc.
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Nov 25, 2020 · The Band's farewell concert in 1976 was filmed by Martin Scorsese, who turned it into a masterpiece of music documentary. Learn how the director captured the Band's legacy, their guests' performances, and the era's vibe in this article.
