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| Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Martin Scorsese, Dr. John, Robbie Robertson, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters
Studio: MGM
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 15.98
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Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 460
Format: Dolby, Ntsc, Special Edition, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MGMD1003426D
ISBN: 0792852508
UPC: 027616875754
EAN: 9780792852506
ASIN: B00003CXB1
Theatrical Release Date: 1978
Release Date: February 8, 2005
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 Levon Helm (of The Band) is awsome March 19, 2004
Barry Gross (San Diego, Ca. United States)
There's plenty of reviews of how great this film is. Read all the reviews, check it out anyway you can... but buy it... you'll love it............ Also, check out Levon Helm (member of The Band) on a CD titled The Muddy Waters Tribute Band with special guests: You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead and Gone (on the Telarc lable.... copywrite 1996).............. and if you can get you hand on a VHS copy of a PBS show called Great Drives: Highway 61, Levon Helm hosts the show and does some great tunes....... I'd love to see PBS's Great Drives series (aired in 1997) put on DVD. Maybe if enough people bug (e-mails etc.) the folks at PBS television, they might just do the show on DVD.
DVD Review March 16, 2004
Lee Buchenau (Webster University)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Last Waltz is a final tribute to the great music of the late 60's and early 70's. It marks a farewell to rock's finest era. The lineup is argueably the finest collection of rock musicians ever assembled and the performances are trancedent. Wisely Scorsese's film concentrates on the stage performances. The interview segments that sporatically appear in the film aren't that interesting, but they do prove context for the song selection. Probably the weakest thing about the film are The Band's performances on Scorsese's sound stages. These numbers lack the intensity that the Band gives in their concert performances. The Band themselves are awesome in their own concert numbers, rivaling the cuts on Rock of Ages. Since they are so many guests, the film limits the amount of the Band's performances. The guests are stellar with the highlights being: Joni Mitchell's Coyote, Neil Young doing Helpless, Dylan with Baby Let Me Follow You Down, and a show stopping Caravan with Van Morrison. Only Neil Diamond strikes a sour note. Even the guest stars pale to the Band's own numbers especially with Robbie's firey guitar work that night. The Last Waltz a piece of history, an amazing concert, and a brilliant send off for an era of great music.pImage: 1:85:1 picture looks great, good detail and sharpness. Compare with the trailer and be amazed. The print is very clean and few dirt specks appear even in dark areas. pSound: as it should be is excellent, I listened to the 2 Channel and it rocked. 5.1 also included, but sounds weaker on two speaker setups.pExtras: commentary with Robbie and Marty is Robbie dominated and is rather dull. A documentary is included that focuses on them and I would reccomend it instead. The second track is a wonderful commentary from a variety of sources. It is structured and edited into a form that resembles that of the interview segements in the film. Scoreses' crew, rock critics, and Dr. John, The Hawk, Garth, and Levon take turns telling behind the scenes stories. It has a wonderful introduction that prepares you for true tales and tall that you are about to hear. It's worth it alone for The Hawk's background story on the Band and anything Dr. John says is brilliant and a hoot. Well worth a listen. There is an interesting ten minute jam session at the concert with the amazing lineup of Young, Starr, Wood, John, Garth, and Levon. Also included is a photo gallery and trailer.
 some perspective February 17, 2004
Chris Wood (Grass Valley, CA)
I saw the original film in the theatre many years ago and have treasured the memory since, but I must make note of Levon Helm's comments about it in his autobiography 'This Wheel's on Fire'.pLevon was deeply wounded by Robbie's increasing authority over the Band culminating in his decision to close out the band in this extravagant fashion. The music was great, but Band fans should check out Levon's angle in the book. The movie is all Robbie.pAs Ronnie Hawkins said after viewing the preview about Richard Manuel, the great pianist vocalist in the Band, Was Richard still in the group when we did this?pCheck out the book too!
my last purchase January 3, 2004
That's it... it was the BEST on dvd... however, that's all the money I'm giving to the 'the Last Waltz'...lol. I have the vhs, the box set and now the DVD the music the interviews and even crazy ole neil love them all!
Rocking! December 2, 2003
R Jess (Limerick, Ireland.)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have to admit that before seeing this movie, I wasn't a big fan of the Band, but their performance on this particular night really rocked. Kudos to Martin Scorsese for bringing us closer to the intimacy of the group in live performance. This intimacy is only hightened by the fact that the director seems to have made a concerted effort not to film the audience. There are also some wonderful performances by other musicians such as Joni Mitchell and Muddy Waters.pI have to say though that Bob Dylan had to be the worst performer on the night and I was glad when everybody else got up there to help him out.pApparently when Scorsese showed the initial cut to Neil Young's manager he was furious as Neil had a huge cocaine booger hanging from his nostril. Somehow Scorsese managed to cover it up.
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