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Festival Express

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Festival Express
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R,1hr 25min
Released:
July 23, 2004
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ThinkFilm Inc.
Synopsis: In 1970, with seemingly every North American city of any size holding a rock festival after the success of Woodstock, Ken Walker and Thor Eaton, a pair of Canadian entrepreneurs and music buffs, had an idea: instead of setting up one massive show with a bunch of top-name acts, why not stage a series of them across the country? With this in mind, Walker (then only 22 years old) and Eaton (whose family owned one of Canada's most successful department store chains) signed up Janis Joplin, the Grateful ... Full Synopsis
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Ultimate geezerfest and rock-doc holy grail. Full Review
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