The Last Waltz

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Considered the greatest concert movie of all time, Scorsese’s documentary reinvented the way live music is captured on film

More than just one of the greatest concert films ever made, The Last Waltz is an at once ecstatic and elegiac summation of a vital era in American rock music. Invited to document the farewell performance of the legendary group the Band at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving, 1976, Martin Scorsese conceived a new kind of music documentary.

Enlisting seven camera operators (including renowned cinematographers Vilmos Zsigmond, László Kovács, and Michael Chapman) and art director Boris Leven to design the strikingly theatrical sets, Scorsese created a grandly immersive experience that brings viewers onstage and inside the music itself. That music—as performed by the Band and a host of other generation-defining artists, including Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, the Staple Singers, Muddy Waters, and Neil Young—lives on as an almost religious expression of the transcendent possibilities of rock and roll.

• New 4K digital restoration
• Original 1978 2.0 surround mix and an uncompressed stereo mix from 2001
• New interview with Scorsese and critic David Fear
• Two commentaries featuring Scorsese, the Band, Dr. John, Ronnie Hawkins, Mavis Staples and the crew
• A documentary about the making of the film, and more!