Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland

(1978)

★ 8.2 IMDb · 113 votes

Genres: Music, Documentary

Year: 1978

Runtime: 256 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Cynthia Sterne, Roi Peers, Haig Mackey, Vincent Casalaina

Cast: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Donna Godchaux, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Keith Godchaux, John Cipollina, Ken Kesey, Bill Graham

Plot

The Closing Of Winterland documents the Grateful Dead's landmark New Year's Eve 1978 concert that marked the end of the famed San Francisco Bay Area venue Winterland Aena. The Dead celebrated the closing as an approximately five-hour-long party (complete with breakfast with the audience at dawn) and invited some guests including guitarist John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service and Ken Kesey as well as actor Dan Aykroyd who provided the midnight countdown.