michael wadleigh woodstock represent 3 day of peace and music to me and be more then just an ordinary run of the mill music documentary and it be a record of the hippie culture of 1969 and the youth of america try to make a difference and a spectacular experience of one of america great rock festival before the day of the original mtv ( music television ) and vh1 before they become sleezy reality tv network . it be more about the kid and it mark the turn point career of the future academy award win team of director martin scorsese ( rag bull and the depart ) and editor thelma schoonmaker . it be definitely a challenge film into a feature length film and real provocative documenting from begin to end and with outstanding performance from joan baez and janis joplin and the who and joe cocker and the grease band and crosby and still and nash and sly and the family stone and ten year after and sha na na and can heat and richie haven and jimi hendrix and country joe mcdonald and the fish and john sebastian and arlo guthrie and jefferson airplane and santana and many others as well a interview with producer and woodstock founder michael lang and many of the local in and out of the festival . the only music documentary of it kind to win the 1971 academy award for best documentary feature . there will never be a woodstock like this again and woodstock 1999 destroyed that tradition and to finally see this film on the 40th anniversary director cut dvd in all it widescreen glory be a special treat . if you be into classic music or music documentary and this be one of them and along with no direction home represent bob dylan and gim me shelter . woodstock represent 3 day of peace and music be rat r for drug content and nudity and language .