The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 3h 44m.
Synopsis
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic95/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
304 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael WadleighScreenplay
- Michael WadleighDirector
Cast
- Richie HavensSelf
- Joan BaezSelf
- Roger DaltreySelf - The Who
- John EntwistleSelf - The Who
- Keith MoonSelf - The Who
- Pete TownshendSelf - The Who
- Joe CockerSelf
- Country Joe McDonaldSelf - Country Joe and the Fish
- Barry MeltonSelf - Country Joe and the Fish
- Greg DeweySelf - Country Joe and the Fish
- Mark KapnerSelf - Country Joe and the Fish
- Doug MetznerSelf - Country Joe and the Fish
Stills
Themes
rock 'n' rollhippiefree lovemusic festivalmarijuanarock musicdrugsarchive footagemusic historyconcert filmrock festivalsocial gathering