what a great documentary this be with an event like woodstock capture so magnificently on film . i saw this in the theater during it initial release more than once and have see it at least a dozen time since . this film win the academy award for 1970 a best documentary for michael wadliegh a he use split screen imagery for many scene capture different event at the same time and different angle of same event . wadleigh have do cinematography on a couple of notable but forgotten film from 1967 and the feature drama who that knock on my door and an early martin scorsesse film and ( scorsesse would help with the editing of woodstock ) and film maker jim mcbride david holzman diary . this have to be a monumental task to chronicle the three day event and reduce it to a single theatrical film . 30 act provide about 50 hour of music to the crowd of half a million in upstate new york in the summer of 1969 and the film maker of woodstock have to eliminate over half of the performer from their film but what they chronicle here be capture the thrilling performance and the crowd and the rain and the event that unfold during that three day festival in an fast pace and energetic and thoughtful documentation . it be nominate for and should have win the academy award for it principal film editor thelma schoonmaker who would go on to successful career edit such film a the color of money and good fella and cape fear and the king of comedy and gang of new york and the last temptation of christ and the aviator . this film also receive an academy award nomination for best sound and should have win that too . it brown acid alert and rain storm precaution and latrine maintenance and three day of peace and music and breakfast in bed for 400 and 000 with merry prankster wavy gravy a your stage host star jimi hendrix and janis joplin and csn and y and the who and santana and sly and the family stone and country joe and the fish and 10 year after and sha na na and joan baez and arlo guthrie and john sebstian . i would give this a 10 and highly recommend it .