The Band (film)

Movie
German title	The band
Original title	The Last Waltz
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1978
length	117 minutes
Rod
Director	Martin Scorsese
script	Mardik Martin
production	Robbie Robertson , ; Jonathan Taplin
music	The band
camera	Michael Chapman
cut	Jan Roblee , ; Yeu-Bun Yee
occupation
	Rick Danko; Levon helmet; Garth Hudson; Richard Manuel; Robbie Robertson; Paul Butterfield; Eric Clapton; Neil Diamond; Dr. John; Bob Dylan; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Emmylou Harris; Ronnie Hawkins; Howard Johnson; Michael McClure; Joni Mitchell; Van Morrison; Pinetop Perkins; Martin Scorsese; Mavis Staples; Roebuck Staples; Ringo Starr; Muddy Waters; Ron Wood; Neil Young;

The Band - The Last Waltz is a film directed by Martin Scorsese from the year 1978 . The film portrays The Last Waltz , the farewell concert by the Canadian-American rock band The Band .

action

Built around the farewell concert of the rock band "The Band" on November 25th, 1976, Thanksgiving Day , the band's history is told through conversations with the band members on the one hand, and the history of a time and music era on the other.

Reviews

critic

The film received very good reviews. It was ranked among the best concert films of all time. Chicago Tribune critic Michael Wilmington called the film "the best rock concert movie ever made and probably the best rock movie, period!" Total Film called it "the best concert film of all time". On Rotten Tomatoes , the movie has a 97% positive rating (out of 37 reviews).

Review from Levon Helm

Levon Helm criticized the film in 1993 in his autobiography This Wheel's on Fire - Levon Helm and the Story of The Band | This Wheel's on Fire . Scorsese would have focused only on Robbie Robertson and portrayed the rest of the band as his laborers.

Helm called Last Waltz "the biggest fuckin 'rip-off that ever happened to the band" (the biggest fuckin rip-off the band has ever experienced). Nobody in the band would have seen any money for publications.

Prices

The film won the 1979 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary ; In 2003, the DVD received the DVD Exclusive Award for audio commentary and was nominated for its features, among other things. In 2019 the film was included in the National Film Registry .

Web links

The Band in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Wilmington: Movie review, 'The Last Waltz' , Chicago Tribune. April 18, 2002. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2007.
↑ DVD Reviews: The Last Waltz . Total film. Retrieved January 7, 2007.
^ The Last Waltz . Rotten tomatoes. Retrieved January 8, 2007.
^ Helm, Levon; Stephen Davis (2000). This Wheel's on Fire. Chicago: A Capella Books. P. 275. ISBN 978-1-55652-405-9 .
^ Helm, Levon; Stephen Davis (2000). This Wheel's on Fire. Chicago: A Capella Books. P. 277. ISBN 978-1-55652-405-9 .

[Wilmington-1] Michael Wilmington: Movie review, 'The Last Waltz' , Chicago Tribune. April 18, 2002. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2007.

[Total-2] DVD Reviews: The Last Waltz . Total film. Retrieved January 7, 2007.

[Rotten_Tomatoes-3] The Last Waltz . Rotten tomatoes. Retrieved January 8, 2007.

[4] Helm, Levon; Stephen Davis (2000). This Wheel's on Fire. Chicago: A Capella Books. P. 275. ISBN 978-1-55652-405-9 .

[5] Helm, Levon; Stephen Davis (2000). This Wheel's on Fire. Chicago: A Capella Books. P. 277. ISBN 978-1-55652-405-9 .