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The Last Waltz (Blu-ray)
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Genre | Special Interests, Music Video & Concerts |
Format | NTSC |
Contributor | Martin Scorsese, The Band, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell |
Language | English |
Studio | The Criterion Collection |
Number of discs | 1 |
Manufacturer | Video Service Corp. |
UPC | 715515270519 |
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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, L¨¢szl¨® Kov¨¢cs, 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¡ªas 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¡ªlives on as an almost religious expression of the transcendent possibilities of rock and roll.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- 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!

Product description
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, L¨¢szl¨® Kov¨¢cs, 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¡ªas 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¡ªlives on as an almost religious expression of the transcendent possibilities of rock and roll.
Product details
- Language : English
- Parcel Dimensions : 17.1 x 13.6 x 1.4 cm; 100 g
- Director : Martin Scorsese
- Media Format : NTSC
- Release date : March 29 2022
- Actors : The Band, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell
- Studio : Video Service Corp.
- ASIN : B09NPM7BQ5
- Country of origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Âé¶¹Çø Rank: #7,764 in Movies & TV Shows (See Top 100 in Movies & TV Shows)
- #29 in Special Interest
- #69 in Music Video & Concert
- #83 in Music Videos & Concerts
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Customers appreciate the visual quality, music, and condition of the DVD. They mention it's an excellent movie, well-done, and better than any concert seen today. Customers also say it's a good buy and worth every penny. They also appreciate the picture quality, clarity, and performances. Customers are also happy with the sound quality, camera quality, and timeless nature of the film.
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"...The best rock and roll documentary ever made. A definite must listen to on everyone¡¯s bucket list." Read more
"Classic is what I call this! One of the best concert films ever ????? Great look & sound of some of the best musicians of the 60¡¯s & 70¡¯s!..." Read more
"What a magnificent DVD! This is by far my best purchase ~~ EVER! You have to see it to believe it...." Read more
"...Overall, I did enjoy this video, very well put together by M. Scorsese...." Read more
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"...many iconic Canadian artists joined them, along with some great American R&B artists. The best rock and roll documentary ever made...." Read more
"Crazy good. Item arrived as advertised. The Band-Dylan-and so much more. Better sound and picture than I anticipated ?" Read more
"...Great look & sound of some of the best musicians of the 60¡¯s & 70¡¯s! Highly recommended..." Read more
"...Fantastic!" Read more
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"...if I recall (it's been a few years since I've had it now) but in perfect condition - worth the wait!" Read more
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"Loved the DVD The shopping was quick and the price was great Great shopping experience online" Read more
"Great documentary, delivered quickly, perfect new condition...." Read more
Customers find the documentary great, saying it tells stories of the band's history. They also appreciate the incredible insight and intimate moments from The Band's last concert.
"The best music and video of the Band and many others a piece of music history" Read more
"I forgot that The Band did all those masterpieces. Nice insight to life on the road." Read more
"...I love it. I love the stories and I LOVE the music. Well done!! I'm so glad this video was still available." Read more
"...Then 3 times when returning to Canada! One of if not the best concert documentary ever! Bought the live LP as well as the CD. The sound is fantastic!" Read more
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"Excellent DVD! Great Sound, picture clarity and performances!..." Read more
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"...One of the best concert films ever ????? Great look & sound of some of the best musicians of the 60¡¯s & 70¡¯s! Highly recommended..." Read more
"...Great Sound, picture clarity and performances! DTS 5.1 sound shud get Best Supporting Actor along with blu ray technology for a film from the..." Read more
"...They were a raw band, terrible harmonies, not the most skilled guitar work..." Read more
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"Classic is what I call this! One of the best concert films ever ????? Great look & sound of some of the best musicians of the 60¡¯s & 70¡¯s!..." Read more
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- Reviewed in Canada on March 18, 2025Verified PurchaseThe Band was around since 1957. It was a backup band for many iconic artists before going out on their own under the name ¡°The Band¡± in 1969. The Last Waltz was thier final concert for fans, and many iconic Canadian artists joined them, along with some great American R&B artists. The best rock and roll documentary ever made. A definite must listen to on everyone¡¯s bucket list.
- Reviewed in Canada on March 14, 2025Verified PurchaseCrazy good. Item arrived as advertised.
The Band-Dylan-and so much more.
Better sound and picture than I anticipated ?
Crazy good. Item arrived as advertised.
The Band-Dylan-and so much more.
Better sound and picture than I anticipated ?
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- Reviewed in Canada on October 18, 2024Verified PurchaseClassic is what I call this! One of the best concert films ever ?????
Great look & sound of some of the best musicians of the 60¡¯s & 70¡¯s! Highly recommended
- Reviewed in Canada on September 8, 2024Verified PurchaseWhat a magnificent DVD! This is by far my best purchase ~~ EVER!
You have to see it to believe it.
If you love music then The Last Waltz is a must have to add to your collection.
- Reviewed in Canada on July 10, 2024Verified PurchaseDirected by Martin Scorsese, with the big names of the time with the Band. Fantastic!
- Reviewed in Canada on August 6, 2020Verified PurchaseNot my favorite band but they¡¯re Canadians, 100% genuine and did produced a few great classic hits out there that will easily stand the test of time!
Overall, I did enjoy this video, very well put together by M. Scorsese.
Put it this way, my Canadian rye whisky went down well and smooth... cheers hey?!?
BTW, from a 100% Zeppelin fan, i believe the Song Remains the Same should have been made this way (without the fantasy stuffs).
- Reviewed in Canada on April 8, 2024Verified PurchaseExcellent DVD! Great Sound, picture clarity and performances!
DTS 5.1 sound shud get Best Supporting Actor along with blu ray technology for a film from the 70s!
- Reviewed in Canada on August 2, 2020Verified PurchasePersonnaly, would've miss something w/o watching this very special movie. And, I even dare to think that it is not only because I am a rock music lover if I am so impressed. What a good idea and a masterpiece of realisation. How lucky are we to be able to have access to such epic stories and feel, to a certain extent, a memorable era in rock music. Also, I was touched by the astonishing and beautiful diversity of all those passionate though fragile people we briefly see there in the movie - interestingly presenting a portrait of their unique experience, from a North American (Canadian and American) perspective. Definitely another good reason to love waltzing - still !!!
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Alfonso ArracheReviewed in Mexico on July 11, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars La musica
Verified PurchaseConcierto hist¨®rico, muy bueno y excelentes m¨²sicos y muchos de ellos son actuales aun.
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Paula QuinnReviewed in France on April 9, 2010
5.0 out of 5 stars Un bijou
Verified PurchaseJ'ai vu ce film une vingtaine de fois (si si) et je ne m'en lasse pas ! Pas d'adjectif ad¨¦quat pour qualifier cette exp¨¦rience. Ce concert, c'est la derni¨¨re page du grand livre des 60's-70's et des l¨¦gendes qui l'habitent. D'ailleurs ils sont l¨¤, sur sc¨¨ne, en chair et en os, m¨ºme les plus rares (Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison), les plus mythiques (Muddy Waters), les plus illustres (Bob Dylan); Scorcese d¨¦ploie une fois encore tout son g¨¦nie de r¨¦alisateur au service de la musique, de cet univers qui le fascine. Jamais concert n'a ¨¦t¨¦ aussi bien film¨¦. On entre totalement dans l'intimit¨¦ de la sc¨¨ne, on sent la magie qui op¨¨re. Robbie Robertson est captivant, ¨¦blouissant, si profond¨¦ment intelligent. Les moments d'interview avec le groupe sont un vrai r¨¦gal. Ils sont tellement sympas, simples, sans chichi (si rare dans ce milieu !), on aimerait bien trinquer avec eux... A la fois un trip musical monstre (The Band est sur un nuage) et beaucoup d'¨¦motion. A consommer sans mod¨¦ration !
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- William E DonoghueReviewed in the United States on February 25, 2010
5.0 out of 5 stars Blu-Ray Puts This Concert Into A New Light
Verified PurchaseThis is one of my favorite concert films (and I have thousands in my collection). I have owned it on VHS, DVD, DVD (Special edition) and my favorite, on Laserdisc. I thought I had experienced this historic concert until I saw it on Blu-Ray. I was shocked how clear the images were and how much that added to the enjoyment of concert.
I must admit that I am totally confused that, once again, the best few seconds of the film that were my favorite moment in the entire film were missing. On the VHS, at the end of "The Weight" Mavis Staples of The Staples is seen to look satisfied and heard to say "beautiful." She is right in enjoying what was truly a moving version of the over-played Band song.
The Band is an amazing group from several perspectives: (1) they have made an important contribution to the history of rock at its finest state-of-the-art since their early days with Ronnie Hawkins (you need to watch Ronnie in their one video doing the "Moonwalk" in 1958!) to their Last Waltz days and post-Last Walk "quartet" and Cates Brothers-based editions. When you hear them back up singers as diverse as Joni Mitchell and Muddy Waters without EVER losing their unique sound or dominating the guests' performance, you know how unique they are.
As a side note, one of my favorite moments of the film is Robbie Robertson telling the oft-told story of their 1965 visit to Helena Arkansas to visit with Sonny Boy Williamson II and jam with him. I am writing a biography of Sonny Boy Williamson II based on extensive oral history interviews with his friends, family, neighbors, and fellow musicians.
Helena Arkansas is a key player in this story as is nearby Turkey Scratch, a rural town of about 70 people today, from which both Levon (pronounced Lavonne in the area) Helm and Robert Lockwood Jr. (Robert Johnson's stepson and Sonny Boy II's and B. B. King's band leader during the 1940s and 1950s.)
Helena was arguably the landlocked state of "Arkansas' seaport." It offered jobs to non-sharecropper blacks in a Chrysler plant, a piano factory and on the docks shipping cotton grown on Arkansas' delta.
If you wanted to go over to Mississippi, Mr. Jenkins would take you over on his ferry. Mr. Jenkins son, Harold, learned to play by practicing his band using the instruments left in the KFFA radio studio by Sonny Boy Williamson II's band that played each weekday noon on "King Biscuit Time." Harold would later change his name to "Conway Twitty".
For a 70 mile radius of Helena which include about 10% of the black population of America at the time, this pioneering blues show (still airing each day today) began in 1941 and made Sonny Boy II the first media star of the South and influenced the entire generation of blues musicians who migrated from the Deep South to Chicago.
In the spring of 1965, Dale Hawkins, Ronnie Hawkins' cousin, told me he got his first drink from Sonny Boy's bottleSonny Boy's invitation outside at of KFFA'a studios.
Sonny Boy had returned to Helena expecting to die there and did. The two previous years he had spend 17 months in England, starring on the American Folk Blues Festival (AFBF) 1963 and 1964 seasons as well as recording albums with the Eric Clapton-led Yardbirds and Eric Burdon-lean Animals and Chris Barber (six years before Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Chuck Berry's "London albums.") Check out the AFBF DVDs released recently. He had serious health problems (I suspect the spitting blood story in The Last Waltz is because he had drunk so much for so long that it had eaten away the lining of his esophagus.
Anyway, he had returned to the site of his biggest early US successes and locals believed that he must have been "playing for the troops" instead of playing the greatest music halls of Europe.
The day in question, The Band arrived in town looking for him. Having arrived too late to catch him leaving KFFA's studios where he did King Biscuit Time, they asked around for anyone who had seen him. Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records was in town cutting a deal with Sonny Boy to release an album of his Trumpet recordings. The Band (then Levon & The Hawks) saw him and asked him if he had seen Sonny Boy and he told them he had seen him walking down a specific street and a man in a unique multi-colored suit (the right half black and the left half grey) was not hard to find. Chris never knew who they were and wasn't interested in signing them anyway as he said "I wanted that Boogie Blues."
The Band and Sonny Boy II jammed that night as Robbie Robertson said (the only American musician in The Band that knew Sonny Boy well was Levon Helm. I saw a similar unreleased interview with Rick Danko that showed that he didn't know much about Sonny Boy's history.) and went on their way after asking their manager to set up a bi-racial "salt and pepper" tour. While at Tony Mart's in Somers Point NJ, (check out the opening scene in Eddie and the Cruisers as they enter the bar and say "Tell Tony the Cruisers are here.") they got the sad phone call while at Tony Mart's from Sonny Boy's representatives telling them Sonny Boy had died.
If Sonny Boy had lived another few months, he might have been a member of The Band when they joined Bob Dylan. Although Dylan didn't need another harp player in the band, if Sonny Boy, already a well-known to European and British audiences, had opened for him, he might have gotten a very different reception (without the Boos) at his concerts. Check out "Don't Look Back" the documentary of the next year's Bob Dylan tour of England.
Subsequent interviews with Robbie add to this story on both his documentary "Robbie Robertson: From the Band to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" and The Band: The Authorized Biography", "Classic Albums: The Making of The Band" and on the Japanese Laser Discs "The Band is Back" and "Made in Japan: The Band Japan Tour 1983": The Japan Tour." Finally, the circle is completed when Eric Clapton leaves Cream and visits Woodstock intending to ask to join The Band (and chickens out).
The Last Waltz was an important turning point in the history of America Rock `n' Roll as The Band's connections with so many of their fellow pioneers changed that history.