Paramount On Screen: The Last Waltz [PG]

DATE Saturday, March 15
- 8:00 pm
- $7.00 (Youth—12 & Under)
- $9.00 (Adult)
FILM INFO
Director: Martin Scorsese
Runtime: 1hr 57min
Year: 1978
Cast: Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, Eric Clapton
Seventeen years after joining forces as the backing band for rockabilly cult hero Ronnie Hawkins, Canadian roots rockers The Band call it quits with a lavish farewell show at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1976. Filmed by Martin Scorsese, this documentary features standout performances by rock legends such as Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, and Muddy Waters, as well as interviews tracing the group’s history and discussing road life.
Image credit: Park Circus
Did you know?
- Every camera but one ran out of film during Muddy Waters’ performance of “Mannish Boy.” It resulted in the longest shot of the film, while Martin Scorsese scrambled to get the film cans reloaded.
- Bob Dylan decided he didn’t want to be in the film 15 minutes before he was due on stage. He didn’t want it to compete with his movie Renaldo and Clara (1978), which was still in theaters. Bill Graham, owner of the Winterland, intervened, and Dylan relented. He would only allow the last two songs of his performance to be filmed.
- The opening song of the film, “Don’t Do It,” was actually the final encore of the concert.
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