Festival Express

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FESTIVAL EXPRESS

Director: Bob Smeaton
Encoding: Region 1 (A code-free DVD player is required for European audiences)
Format: Color, Closed-captioned
Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18.
Studio: New Line Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004
Run Time: 89 min.
Number of discs: 2

MOVIE SET LIST:

Grateful Dead "Casey Jones "
Grateful Dead "Don't Ease Me In"
Grateful Dead "Friend Of The Devil"
The Band "Slippin' And Slidin' "
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends "Goin' Down The Road"
Buddy Cage/Various "Traditional country song"
Buddy Guy, Danko etc. "Baby Here I Come"
Jerry Garcia + Sylvia "Better Take Jesus' Hand"
Mashmakan "Comin' Home Baby"
Buddy Guy "Money"
Flyin' Burrito Bros "Lazy Day"
The Band "The Weight"
Janis Joplin "Cry Baby"
Buddy Guy & Garcia "I Can't Do It Baby"
Rick Danko, Janis etc. "Ain't No More Cane"
Buddy Guy, Danko etc. "Soul Jam"
Various artists "Sunshine Of Your Love"
Sha Na Na "Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay"
Ian & Sylvia "CC Rider"
Grateful Dead "New Speedway Boogie"
The Band "I Shall Be Released"
Janis Joplin "Tell Mama"
Janis Joplin "Me & Bobby McGee"
New Riders of the Purple Sage "Better Take Jesus' Hand"

Hop on for a ride of your life ., October 3, 2004
Great documentary from the beginning to the last stop. Casey Jones and crew takes you on a ride from Toronto to Winnipeg and on to the last show in Calgary in june 1970 with 14 major musical acts ( Janis Joplin and Band, The Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy, The Band, Flying Burrito bros, Ian Andersen, Sha-Na-Na and more).

The footage and mixing with split panel shots and trippy color lighting is just right. My favorite is Janis belting out perhaps the best song ever filmed (Cry , Baby) of the Hippie times. The Dead New Speedway boogie is great and so is a Dont Ease Me In, even with a riot going on protesting the high tix price of $14. On the last night on board they filmed a priceless tripping jam with Danko, Janis, Jerry and Bob Weir. Jerry is off screen but says to Janis "I loved you the first time I saw you". Buddy Guy in Winnipeg is another highlight. This could only be pulled off once , at that time and it was filmed for all to see. - Thank You
(Customer review from CDNOW.COM by H. J. Endicott)

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES:

With more than 50 additional minutes of exclusive performance footage not seen in the theatrical version of the film, the Festival Express DVD set features the following "bonus" set list:

Grateful Dead "Hard to Handle"
Grateful Dead "Easy Wind"
Janis Joplin "Move Over"
Janis Joplin "Kozmic Blues"
Buddy Guy "Hoochie Coochie Man"
Mashmakhan "As Years Go By"
Eric Anderson "Thirsty Boots"
Ian & Sylvia "Tears of Rage"
Tom Rush "Child's Song"
Seatrain "Thirteen Questions"

The DVD set also offers 25 minutes of additional interviews, "The Making of the Festival Express Film" featurette, the theatrical trailer and a photo gallery as well as a 16x9 widescreen version of the film with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, DTS and stereo surround sound, with English and Spanish subtitles and closed captions