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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. The Last Waltz was advertised as The Band's "farewell concert appearance", and the concert had The Band joined by more than a dozen special guests, including their previous employers Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan, as well as ...
- $340,687 (original release)
- The Band, (with special guests)
- April 26, 1978
Apr 26, 1978 · The Last Waltz is a 1978 documentary by Martin Scorsese that captures the final concert of The Band, a legendary American rock group, with guest performances by many stars. The film is a celebration of music, American culture, and the Band's legacy, with interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and stunning visuals.
- (19K)
- Martin Scorsese
- PG
- Documentary, Biography, Music
- 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.
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The Last Waltz is a 1978 film by Martin Scorsese that captures The Band's farewell concert with legendary guests like Bob Dylan and Van Morrison. Critics and audiences praise it as one of the best rock movies ever made, with a 98% Tomatometer and a 94% Audience Score.
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- Documentary, Music
- PG
Nov 25, 2020 · How Martin Scorsese's film of the Band's farewell show in 1976 changed the way live music felt onscreen. Learn how the legendary rock group's final concert became a time capsule of their era and a template for rock cinema.
