The Grateful Dead Movie (1977) - January 14, 2022

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Re-issue coming from Shout! Factory January 14th.

https://www.shoutfactory.com/product...roduct_id=7745

Synopsis

Co-directed by Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead Movie was originally released in 1977, and captures performances from five October 1974 shows at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom. Shout! Factory is reissuing the fan favorite deluxe 2-disc version, including a DVD loaded with an extensive slate of bonus features — five hours of content in all!

DISC 1 - BLU-RAY

The Grateful Dead Movie in its entirety, transferred from the original 35mm film negative in High Definition and presented in 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio

• 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio presentation of the original theatrical audio mix

• DTS 5.1 audio mix, mixed from the master multitrack tapes

• PCM 2.0 audio mix, mixed from the master multitrack tapes

• Feature-length commentary with supervising editor Susan Crutcher and film editor John Nutt

• English subtitles option on entire movie

Total running time of Disc 1: Approximately 132 minutes

DISC 2 - DVD

More than 95 minutes of bonus concert footage, including: Uncle John’s Band • Sugaree • The Other One ➢ Spanish Jam ➢ Mind Left Body Jam ➢ The Other One • Scarlet Begonias • China Cat Sunflower ➢ I Know You Rider • Dark Star • Weather Report Suite

• Bonus songs transferred from the 16mm camera-original film negative

• Dolby Digital 5.1 audio mix on all bonus songs, mixed from the master multitrack tapes

• Dolby Digital 2.0 audio mix on all bonus songs, mixed from the master multitrack tapes

• Visible lyrics option on all bonus songs

• "A Look Back" documentary film

• "Making of the Animated Sequence" documentary film

• "Making of the DVD" documentary film

• Television commercial for Mars Hotel album from 1974

• Multicamera and multitrack audio demonstration

• Extensive photo gallery of production notes, photos, film stills and other historical items from the Movie's production

Total running time of Disc 2: Approximately 175 minutes

Additionally, they're also releeasing the previously OOP DVD collection All The Years Combine on the same day.

https://www.shoutfactory.com/product...roduct_id=7738

The definitive visual anthology of one of the most prolific and celebrated live bands of all time.

Includes:

• The Grateful Dead Movie* (Theatrical film, originally released in 1977)

• The Closing Of Winterland* (Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, December 31, 1978)

• Dead Ahead* (Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, October 1980)

• So Far (Originally released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1987)

• Ticket To New Year's* (Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA, December 31, 1987)

• Truckin' Up To Buffalo (Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY, July 4, 1989)

• Downhill From Here (Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, July 17, 1989)

• View From The Vault* (Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA, July 8, 1990)

• View From The Vault II* (RFK Stadium, Washington, DC, June 14, 1991)

• View From The Vault III* (Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, June 16, 1990)

• View From The Vault IV (Oakland Stadium, Oakland, CA, July 24, 1987, and Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, CA, July 26, 1987)

*includes all bonus features from previous releases

Exclusive bonus disc contains:

• Five live performances from the Grateful Dead archive

• Backstage Pass, the 1992 documentary directed by Justin Kreutzmann

• Interview with Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux