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The Last Waltz
film by Scorsese [1978]
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discussed in biography
- In Martin Scorsese: Films of the 1970s: Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, and New York, New York
…concert into the well-received rockumentary The Last Waltz (1978), with unparalleled performance footage of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, and other musical luminaries. Next came American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978), in which Prince, a friend of Scorsese who memorably played the gun
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history of the Band
- In the Band
…immortalized by Martin Scorsese’s film The Last Waltz (1978), with guest appearances by Dylan, Neil Young, and others. With only the lacklustre Islands (1977) as a last, contract-honouring memento of their career, the Band quickly fragmented. In 1983, sans Robertson, the group re-formed and played a less-than-spectacular tour. Three years…
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