The Last Waltz is a 1978 concert documentary directed by Martin Scorsese, filming the Band's farewell performance with its classic lineup at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976. The concert featured guest appearances by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison and Eric Clapton, among others, in what the film presents as the group's final show together. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest concert documentaries ever made and was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress's National Film Registry in 2019.
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Release date: April 26, 1978 (1978-04-26)
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Country: United States
Created By: Martin Scorsese, Article lead sentence
The concert was produced and managed by Bill Graham and was filmed by director Martin Scorsese, who made it into a documentary of the same title, released in 1978.
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