Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock

1999

Documentary / Music

4
IMDb Rating 8.5/10 10 895 895

Director

Chris Hegedus Photo
Chris Hegedus

Top cast

Billy Cox Photo
Billy Cox as Self
Jimi Hendrix Photo
Jimi Hendrix as Self
Mitch Mitchell Photo
Mitch Mitchell as Self
Juma Sultan Photo
Juma Sultan as Self
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907.09 MB
968*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 4
1.82 GB
1448*1076
English 5.1
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 24

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Bernie4444 10 / 10

Hey Joe, where you goin with that gun in your hand?

I grew up in the Woodstock era and was stationed in nearby West Point after my Viet Nam tour. So, this collection or documentary "The Road to Woodstock" directed by Bob Smeaton also holds a piece of my history.I must say I almost did not watch this film as the front has was packed with sound bites of people doing just what I did in the first paragraph of this review; they spent too much time telling how great they were and then some antidote about Jimi.Hang in there you will be carried away. This is as close to "live" as you are going to get. Jimi is one of those performers that when let loose can perform rings around his formal recordings. Sometimes I think it is an acquired taste. I have to confess that besides his adaptation of "Star-spangled Banner" I was taken back more by "Hey Joe" written by Billy Roberts. Of course, everyone has his or her favorites.No matter how you look/listen to it, this production deserves a place in your collection.
Reviewed by PeterDawson 10 / 10

Only about half of the actual concert made it onto this DVD.

Although it took 30 years for this to be released, there is only about an hour of the actual 2 hour concert on this DVD. I suppose we should all be grateful that there's this much, but I'm sure you'll agree it would have been wonderful to see it all. Hendrix was paid $18,000 for his set (more than anyone else), and he was suppose to close the three day festival on Sunday night. But because of bad weather and logistic problems, he didn't walk on stage until early Monday morning. By then only about 50,000 people remained of the estimated 500,000 who attended the festival. He's accompanied by Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox. Another guitarist (Larry Lee), and 2 percussionists (Juma Sultan and Jerry Velez) also play, but why they are there is totally and utterly beyond me. They are rarely seen, and are almost inaudible on both this and the C.D. of the same performance. Having heard the songs so many times over the years, it's fascinating viewing seeing how Hendrix actually got the sounds he did. At times the direction is extremely poor, with overlong shots of Jimi's grimacing face rather than letting us see what he was doing with his hands. Come on Mr. Director. With all those cameras on him you could have done a lot better. But I should be grateful, as I said earlier, that we at least have this. Future generations of aspiring guitarists will be able to see a man in action, the like of who only comes along once every century, or more.
Reviewed by JeremyRusso 10 / 10

Thankfully they filmed this

A lot of Woodstock was not filmed thank goodness they filmed this performance. If you really want to see a master of his craft completely in his element performing at the most important music festival in history, then look no further than Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock
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