The Last Waltz

The Last Waltz

  • Director: Martin Scorsese
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Middle English
  • Release date: April 26, 1978
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Super Jam
  • The Last Waltz is a documentary directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robbie Robertson and Muddy Waters.
    The film chronicles the farewell concert in San Francisco after the members of " The Band " have been together for more than a decade.

    Details

    • Release date April 26, 1978
    • Filming locations Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production companies FM Productions, Last Waltz Inc.

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $322,313

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $16,151

    Gross worldwide

    $340,687

    Movie reviews

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    • By Sarai 2022-03-14 08:01:02

      after watching

      Lao Ma is a happy person. He did the 1969 wookstock.
      This work is great, much better than this year's Shine a light.
      To be honest, I am convinced by those few wrists.
      muddy waters, neil young , bob dylan. This is already the top songwriting person in the United States.
      The band, I really haven't heard it, or paid attention to it. The first time I heard it, I thought it was good, not as flamboyant as rolling stone. And the whole band They all have a strong country feel....

    • By Myrna 2022-03-14 08:01:02

      our last waltz

      You are humming Zhang Qingfang's song "In the Night of Heavy Rain": "On the night of heavy rain, I hope that the beautiful dream will never wake up, even though I know that I can't change your mind, the story will continue...", what you sing is always So nice...

      you're sitting on the back of my bike, you're pointing at the brightest star in the western sky: that's ours...the feeling of me flying up on my bike...

      you're silently listening to George Winston's "Variations on"...

    • By Tyrese 2022-03-14 08:01:02

      All the members of the Band can sing well

      The band's playing was like a textbook, very precise and well rehearsed. All of the members can sing very well. Eric Clapton gave perfect guitar playing. Bob Dylan and Neil Young also sang well. Quite unique performance!

      I think Bob Dylan chose good songs for the concert. "Forever Young" means the rock n roll won't die and "I shall be released" was also good for a goodbye performance. Eric Clapton's guitar playing raised the concert to a peak.

      Also I am impressed by the...

    • By Hilbert 2022-03-14 08:01:02

      The Last Waltz


      In addition to the beautiful twelve-string guitar, the harmonica clipped to the head, and "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters, I was impressed for the first time listening to this song.

      In the past, rock and roll people often died very early, so a farewell performance had
      an atmosphere of goodbye forever, but good music is immortal. At the end of the DVD,
      when the subtitles rise, the stage gradually pulls away, and the frame freezes at In the small front, the lights...

    • By Haylee 2022-03-14 08:01:02

      The perfect music record of the 70s

      The 1960s and 1970s was a magical era. European and American hippies were wearing flared pants, smoking marijuana, spreading music, and running around. The whole Chinese people wore blue or green tunic suits or PLA uniforms and read the red book. The world was a mess back then, and people were so innocent.
           Thanks to Martin and the bend and the big names in rock and roll, "The Last Waltz" is a great commemoration, and anyone who plays dv, plays video, plays music, listens to music, is...

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    • By Jean 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      Muddy Waters shared the stage with Eric Clapton and Joni Mitchell helped Neil Young, and those two venues alone were great...

    • By Coralie 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      Why is the color of old Martin's films so beautiful, beautiful and beautiful. Seeing these big names when they were young is really a bit contradictory, but it's really great. A song I shall be released is more moving than Dylan sang. The most emotional rock documentary since...

    • By Maximillian 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      The Band, my virtual...

    • By Maud 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      The final chorus brought tears to my...

    • By Nakia 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      drinking tea should be...

    Other companies:

    Arista Records [The United States of America] "Sip the Wine" performed by Rick Danko courtesy of (as Arista Records Inc.)
    Enactron Truckrecorded by
    Filmways/Heider Recording [The United States of America] recorded by
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    Release date

    Country/ prefecture release/release date (details)
    The United States of America USAApril 26, 1978
    The French Republic France May 1978...(Cannes Film Festival)
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    Movie quotes

    • Robbie Robertson - Guitar: Maybe, I don't know if the years connect or its coincidence or what it is, but, it seems like thats it! That's what The Last Waltz is. I mean, 16 years on the road, the numbers start to scare ya. I mean, I couldn't live with 20 years on the road. I don't think I could even discuss it.

    • Robbie Robertson - Guitar: It's not like it used to be.

    • Martin Scorsese - Interviewer: Listen, when you guys first started playing as The Band, you kind of shied away from publicity a lot. Talk about that, a little?

      Garth Hudson - Organ: That was just part of a life style that we got to love at Woodstock. You know, we got to like it, you know, just being, eh, being able to chop wood or hit your thumb with a hammer. We'd be concerned with fixin' a tape recorder and fixin' a screen door, you know, and stuff like that and getting the songs together.

      Rick Danko - Bass: We always seemed to get a whole lot more done when we didn't have a lot of company around, you know, just, eh, we were more productive. And as soon as company came, of course, you know, we'd start having fun. And you know what happens when you have too much fun.