The Last Waltz (1978)
May 1, 1978Release Date
The Last Waltz (1978)
May 1, 1978Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Robbie Robertson
Self - Guitar
Muddy Waters
Self - Performer
Neil Young
Self - Performer
Van Morrison
Self - Performer
Neil Diamond
Self
Bob Dylan
Self
Rick Danko
Self - Bass
Joni Mitchell
Self
Emmylou Harris
Self
Levon Helm
Self - Drums
Ringo Starr
Self
Paul Butterfield
Self
Garth Hudson
Self - Organ
Dr. John
Self
Ronnie Hawkins
Self
Mavis Staples
Self
Richard Manuel
Self - Piano
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Self
Ron Wood
Self
Eric Clapton
Self - Performer
Martin Scorsese
Director
Michael McClure
Self
Mardik Martin
Writer
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Self
Michael Chapman
Cinematographer
Jim Gordon
Self
Jan Roblee
Editor
Howard Johnson
Self
Yeu-Bun Yee
Editor
Tom Malone
Self
Boris Leven
ProductionDesigner
Jerry Hey
Self
Charlie Keagle
Self
Larry Packer
Self
Richard Cooper
Self
Bill Graham
Self
Frank Marshall
Line Producer
Hiro Narita
Additional Director of Photography
Jonathan T. Taplin
Executive Producer
Bobby Byrne
Additional Director of Photography
László Kovács
Additional Director of Photography
Jerry Grandey
Assistant Art Director
David Myers
Additional Director of Photography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Additional Director of Photography
Laurie Johnson
Line Producer
Steven Prince
Producer
Joel Chernoff
Producer
Anthony Mondell
Set Decoration
Mel Dellar
Unit Production Manager
James Quinn
Assistant Director
Linda McMurray
Assistant Director
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Rob Fraboni
Music Producer
Michael Watkins
Additional Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 1, 1978
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Content RatingPG
Box Office$321,952
Filming LocationsSan Francisco, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
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 Paul Butterfield, Bobby Charles, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Wood, and Neil Young. The musical director for the concert was The Band's original record producer, John Simon.
The concert was produced and managed by Bill Graham and was filmed by director Martin Scorsese, who made it into a documentary of the same title, released in 1978. Jonathan Taplin, who was The Band's tour manager from 1969 to 1972 and later produced Scorsese's film Mean Streets, suggested that Scorsese would be the ideal director for the project, and Rock Brynner introduced Robbie Robertson and Scorsese. Taplin served as executive producer. The film features concert performances, intermittent song renditions shot on a studio soundstage, and interviews by Scorsese with members of The Band. The soundtrack and DVD were later released.
The Last Waltz is hailed as one of the greatest documentary concert films ever made. In 2019, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".