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Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty

02/22/1997

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1hr 15min

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Music

,Documentary

STORY

This installment of the Classic Albums series follows the making of two Grateful Dead albums, the fiercely experimental Anthem of the Sun and the understated masterwork American Beauty, which spawned melodic gems like "Sugar Magnolia" and "Ripple." Between the archival scenes and contemporary interviews with band members, the DVD shows a band making seismic inroads in pop music--and five young guys coming to terms with artistry, mortality, and, yes, the pursuit of happiness. There is priceless footage of Neal Cassady driving Ken Kesey's bus and of the Dead, surrounded by martini-sipping hipsters, on Playboy After Dark. The best scenes involve band members talking about specific songs (you will never hear Phil Lesh's "Box of Rain" again without thinking of it as a gift to his dying father) or deconstructing a tune by playing each track separately. Intimate and surprisingly cohesive, Anthem to Beauty is a rare glimpse into how the Dead's magic was made.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Jerry Garcia
  • Bob Weir
  • Phil Lesh

    Director

  • Jeremy Marre

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Jerry Garcia

Self

Bob Weir

Self

Phil Lesh

Self

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