Festival Express - Bob Smeaton (Blu-ray - 2/11/2014)

In the summer of 1970, some of the era's biggest rock stars took to the rails for Festival Express, a multi-artist, multi-city concert tour that captured the spirit and imagination of a generation. What made it unique was that it was portable; for five days, the bands and performers lived, slept, rehearsed and let loose aboard a customized train that traveled from Toronto, to Winnipeg, to Calgary, with each stop culminating in a mega-concert. The entire experience was filmed both off-stage and on, but the extensive footage and sound tapes of the events remained locked away for decades, only recently having been rediscovered and restored. The film Festival Express is a momentous achievement in rock film archaeology which combines the long-lost material with contemporary interviews that add important context to the event nearly 35 years after originally being filmed.

Condition:NEW. Punched upc

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Product Details

Actors: Various
Directors: Bob Smeaton
Format: Blu-ray, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Shout Factory!
DVD Release Date: February 11, 2014
Run Time: 90 minutes

Special Features
Original feature film; Derailed: the making of Festival Express; Additional & extended interviews; Train hopping: watch the songs from the film, uninterrupted; Theatrical trailer; Bonus performances from Buddy Guy, Grateful Dead, Ian & Sylvia and The Great Speckled Bird, Janis Joplin & more.

Cast & Crew
The Band Participant
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends Participant
The Flying Burrito Brothers Participant
Grateful Dead Participant
Buddy Guy Blues Band Participant
Ian and Sylvia and Great Speckled Bird Participant
Janis Joplin
Mashmakhan Participant
Sha-Na-Na Participant
Eric Andersen Participant
Eric Andersen Participant

Technical Credits
Bob Smeaton Director
Peter Biziou Cinematographer
Ann Carli Executive Producer
James Cunningham Consultant/advisor
Garth Douglas Executive Producer
Nick Faulks Associate Producer
Eddie Kramer Sound/Sound Designer
Nick O'Hagan Co-producer
Gavin Poolman Producer
Willem Poolman Executive Producer
Eamonn Power Editor
John Trapman Producer