Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
	Poster
Directed by	Garret Price
Narrated by	Bryan Vadnais
Music by	Sindri Már Sigfússon; Noel Hogan;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Adam Gibbs; Sean Keegan;
Cinematography	Andre Lascaris; Luke Korver;
Editors	Garret Price; Avner Shiloah;
Running time	110 minutes
Production companies	HBO Documentary Films; Polygram Entertainment; Ringer Films;
Distributor	HBO
Release
Original release	July 23, 2021;

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage is a 2021 documentary film about the music festival Woodstock '99.^[1]^[2]

The film features interviews in which the concert promoters, workers, performers, and attendees share their experiences of the infamous 3-day festival that was marred by intense heat, overpricing, violence, sexual assault, looting, vandalism, and fires.

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage premiered on July 23, 2021 (the 22nd anniversary of the concert's first day), on HBO and HBO Max.^[3]

It is the first film of the six-part documentary series Music Box.^[4]

Cast[]

Reception[]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 32 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The critics consensus reads, "Woodstock 99 documents the notorious music festival like an unraveling horror film to visceral effect, presenting a flashpoint in cultural nadir while suggesting that it was also a sign of troubles to come."^[5]

References[]

^ "HBO Releases Trailer For A New Doc On Woodstock '99, A.K.A. "The Day The Nineties Died"". Gothamist. July 7, 2021.
^ "'Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, And Rage' Doc Preview Chronicles Music, Mayhem at Ill-Fated Fest". Billboard.
^ "Watch the Trailer for New HBO Documentary Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage". Pitchfork. 7 July 2021.
^ White, Peter (July 23, 2021). "Bill Simmons On 'Woodstock 99' & Turning 'Music Box' Into Coding for numbers in headlines: '30 For 30' Of Music Documentaries: Deadline Q&A". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ "Music Box". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

External links[]

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage at IMDb

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[1] "HBO Releases Trailer For A New Doc On Woodstock '99, A.K.A. "The Day The Nineties Died"". Gothamist. July 7, 2021.

[2] "'Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, And Rage' Doc Preview Chronicles Music, Mayhem at Ill-Fated Fest". Billboard.

[3] "Watch the Trailer for New HBO Documentary Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage". Pitchfork. 7 July 2021.

[4] White, Peter (July 23, 2021). "Bill Simmons On 'Woodstock 99' & Turning 'Music Box' Into Coding for numbers in headlines: '30 For 30' Of Music Documentaries: Deadline Q&A". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

[5] "Music Box". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

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v t Woodstock Festival
List of performances and events
Founders	Artie Kornfeld Michael Lang John P. Roberts Joel Rosenman Max Yasgur
August 15, 1969	Richie Havens Swami Satchidananda Sweetwater Bert Sommer Tim Hardin Ravi Shankar Melanie Arlo Guthrie Joan Baez
August 16, 1969	Quill Country Joe McDonald Santana John Sebastian Keef Hartley The Incredible String Band Canned Heat Mountain Grateful Dead
August 17, 1969	Creedence Clearwater Revival Janis Joplin Sly and the Family Stone The Who Jefferson Airplane Joe Cocker and The Grease Band Country Joe and the Fish Ten Years After The Band
August 18, 1969	Blood, Sweat & Tears Johnny and Edgar Winter Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Paul Butterfield Blues Band Sha Na Na Jimi Hendrix
Media	Woodstock Nation (1969 Abbie Hoffman book) Woodstock (1970 film) Making Woodstock (1974 book) My Generation (2000 film) The Road to Woodstock (2009 book) Taking Woodstock (2007 book) 2009 film Woodstock Revisited (2009 film) Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (2021 film)
Recordings	At the Woodstock Festival (1970) Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More (1970) "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (Melanie song) "Woodstock" (Joni Mitchell song) Woodstock Two (1971) The Best of Woodstock (1994) Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music (1994) Woodstock Diary (1994) Woodstock (Jimi Hendrix) (1994) Live at Woodstock (Jimi Hendrix) (1999) Live at Woodstock (Joe Cocker) (2009) The Woodstock Experience (2009) Woodstock 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm (2009) Woodstock – Back to the Garden: 50th Anniversary Collection (2019) Woodstock – Back to the Garden: 50th Anniversary Experience (2019) Woodstock – Back to the Garden: The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive (2019) Live at Woodstock (Creedence Clearwater Revival) (2019) Woodstock 94 (1994) Woodstock 1994 (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (2016) Woodstock 1994 (Green Day) (2019) Woodstock 1999 (1999)
Revivals	Woodstock '79 Woodstock Reunion 1979 Woodstock '89 Woodstock '94 Woodstock '99 Heroes of Woodstock Tour Woodstock 50 (canceled)
Related	Woodstock Nation Woodstock Sound-Outs Chip Monck (festival master of ceremonies) Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Hog Farm Collective Wavy Gravy Bethel, New York Woodstock, New York