Jerry Garcia 70th Birthday Celebration: Grateful Dead Movie Event

 A Birthday Celebration: The Grateful Dead Movie Event
08/01/2012

In celebration of Jerry Garcia’s 70th birthday, NCM Fathom Events brings “The Grateful Dead Movie” back to select movie theaters nationwide for a special one night event on Wednesday, August 1 at 7:00 PM (local time).

This Grateful gathering will include a special commemoration of Jerry brought to you by notable director (and Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann’s son) Justin Kreutzmann and an exclusive interview with guitarist and Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir, who will take fans behind the scenes of his state-of-the-art studio, the Tamalpais Research Institute.

Join  this special screening of “The Grateful Dead Movie” on Wednesday, August 1 at 7:00 PM (local time) to honor Jerry and kick-off the days between with friends, family, and fellow fans.

Tickets and more information.

The Grateful Dead Movie Blu-ray/DVD Combo

Here’s what it looks like:

The Grateful Dead Movie sees its first-ever Blu-ray release with a deluxe 2-disc version, the feature film on Blu-ray and a DVD loaded with an extensive slate of bonus features—five hours of content in all! 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.

Disc 1 – Blu-rayThe 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 NuttEnglish subtitles option on entire movie

Total running time of Disc 1: Approximately 132 minutes

Disc 2 – DVDMore 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 tapesDolby 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

Track Listing (Disc 1):AnimationU.S. BluesOne More Saturday NightBill Graham’s Crew IntroductionGoin’ Down The Road Feeling BadSoundcheckTruckin’Eyes Of The WorldRipped Off FanSugar MagnoliaIt’s Like A Continuous TripIntermissionPlaying In The BandLevy Gets InStella BlueCasey JonesThe Om PeopleWeirdness From He’s GoneMorning DewEncore BreakJohnny B. GoodeIt Must Have Been The Roses/End Credits