FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

donbanf Just watched this last night, found it to be extremely interesting for myself and anyone who is interested in music of this era. Thank you DJ whose name I can't remember from KFOG here in SF Bay Area for mentioning this movie on the air the other day. I recalled I had heard of this movie and never saw it and forgot all about it. This was almost like a little "mini Woodstock" or Monterey Pop with some of the same artists. As vdg comments here, "More more please!" I couldn't agree more. At the end of this DVD, you just wish it could go on and that there was more concert footage. Amazing footage of Janis Joplin, close up, so close you can see her skin complexion. Amazing too to see Jerry Garcia and others when they were SO young and getting to hear a bit of conversation with them and hearing their thoughts about music and life at the time. Brief, but very insightful, this is a candid look at an actual unscripted unorganized event that for the participants was great fun and if you watch, it's like you're on the ride with them. Now if only Jimi Hendrix had been there, I would give it ten out of ten.

Garciagirl This movie is a keeper- Something to tuck away after a few fulfilling viewings, along with your used Dead tickets and faded dyes. A self proclaimed Deadhead, who really only caught the latter years of Jerry and the band..must admit, I was not even aware of this trek across Canada and the plethora of talent which it included. It's true, it is simply something which could nor would not take place today, and thank God that this rare and valuable footage was captured!The presentation of the trip including footage of 'partying' with both natural, and unnatural goods, and hence a couple of F bombs here and there, is excellent...very subtle with the focus more on the beauty of the gathering, and the snippets of the times, which led me to include my children in the second viewing- as I take every opportunity to teach them how it "was" as opposed to how it now "is"...music that lasts through generations simply does not exist today, and I wholeheartedly agree with the comments of the above review---who WOULD want to see a documentary of Spears or Simpson???? This movie was an opportunity to go back to the times which I've enjoyed the most, and a rare and special glimpse of timeless performers just being themselves.

MisterWhiplash I liked how this film goes along in its tones moving along without too much drastic changes. There's the interspersed interviews with the original organizers, some of the band members (i.e. Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead), footage from behind the scenes at the shows and particularly on the train, and of course the musical performances. The music, if for nothing else for its core audience, makes the film essential to see. The nostalgia factor on this film is cool and inviting, unlike for example the strange non-musical segments of the Isle of Wight 1970 documentary. The Dead, Buddy Guy, Janis Joplin, Sha-na-na, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and among other acts the Band (a great rendition of 'Slippin' and Slidin'), will invite the audience of the 'hippie-rock' to check out the rare footage.As far as the film-making aspect of it goes, it does end up going more for the tried and successful Woodstock style of film-making, in which the footage is shown either in full screen or split-screen. This could be distracting and calling attention to itself in the style its done. But it works a lot more than it would if it were used on a not too good of a story- because it's got some different threads to work in. There's the audience's role in this, where in they were sometimes (maybe a lot of the time) un-cooperative with the ticket prices and police/security forces. There's the promoter's role in this, to keep this relatively low-key but expensive show on the road. And then there are the bands, who on the trains had the times of their lives, playing music, jamming, and going through the last flow of the 'era' before the 70's would take hold. Indeed, this was the last summer Joplin would have on the road. As a testament to the era it's not on the level of the original Woodstock or even the dark Gimme Shelter. But it's of high worth to anyone who'd want to seek it out- put it on, like some incense, have a party! A-

jfulbright Great film! "Never had such a good time in my life before".The highlight for me was a baby Bob Weir (rhythm guitarist for the Dead) chewing out a hippie for condoning violence against the Canadian police:"I talked to some of those guys, and those cops were BOSS!"He then went on to explain that one policeman had been injured so badly that he was in the hospital with a metal plate in his head because his skull had been fractured. Weir said the policeman didn't deserve that because he was only doing his job, and that the people who wanted the festival to be free were wrong because the musicians needed to make a living.People never understood that real hippies were not violent/political, and they didn't hate the police. The Haight Ashbury freaks got on well with the police, and there really weren't any problems until (get this) the "hippies" without jobs moved into the neighborhood.This film was a real joy, and it proves to the general public a couple of things:1. Hippie folk were not lazy. They were capable of extremely hard work. 2. Janis Joplin was a lot of fun, regardless of what the people in my hometown in Texas say. 3. Jerry Garcia simply wasn't built for EVER drinking alcohol. 4. That was one helluva train trip!