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Grateful Dawg

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"Grateful Dawg" offers a unique retrospective of Jerry Garcia and David Grisman's musical kinship that reflects the true spirit of their collaboration and offers an intimate, inside look for longtime and newer fans to enjoy. Includes live Garcia/Grisman performances as well as rare and unique personal moments from the studio, backstage and home-style jam sessions. Interviews with friends and family are intertwined with live and archival elements, creating an intimate portrait.
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Chicago Tribune 07/20/2002
A multilayered documentary that explores music and friendship, and in its own quiet way, the battle with fame. Go to Full Review Geoff Pevere Toronto Star 01/11/2002
If you hadn't guessed already, this is a movie about the deep-reaching allure of roots music. However, the very fact that it's about the roots music performed by these two unlikely collaborators makes it something more. Go to Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 11/04/2001
2.5/5
A must for any Deadhead and of genuine interest to any music fan, even if its documentary chops hit a few sour notes. Go to Full Review Jae-Ha Kim Jae-Ha Kim 07/27/2023
2.5/4
The footage is raw, the camerawork is iffy and the sound bites aren’t compelling enough to warrant feature film treatment. But the music of the late Jerry Garcia and David “Dawg” Grisman makes this 81-minute excursion worthwhile. Go to Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 08/08/2002
3/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/25/2002
A-
It's a laid-back musical documentary featuring the lead guitarist and singer for the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, and his friend, mandolin virtuoso, David Grisman. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Geke g @RT40239519 08/02/2024 Dawgs. Its grateful to watch See more Бавуу Э @RT26109709 07/27/2024 "Grateful Dawg" offers a unique retrospective of Jerry Garcia and David Grisman's musical kinship that reflects the true spirit of their collaboration and offers an intimate, inside look for longtime and newer fans to enjoy. Includes live Garcia/Grisman performances as well as rare and unique personal moments from the studio, backstage and home-style jam sessions. Interviews with friends and family are intertwined with live and archival elements, creating an intimate portrait. See more Bahad j @RT27093708 07/26/2024 I really liked the camera used in the movie. Because the angles and small details are captured very well. See more Munkhjargal A @RT28084692 07/26/2024 this wonderful film best portrays His creation in its entirety. There are people who will understand this movie. I believe that it is more special because it can show the emotions of the person. See more tyler r @RT91880527 06/22/2019 Grateful Dawg is a documentary on the musical friendship between Jerry Garcia and David Grisman and it's fantastic. It goes into how they first met and then it goes into each of the different tracks and albums they created together all the way up till Jerry passed away. This is a sweet documentary about how their friendship made the music they made together that much better and the music is amazing especially the title track Grateful Dawg. All in all Grateful Dawg is a film for people who love music and want to see two musical icons play some really great songs. See more 12/06/2010 Incredible music - I wish there were more songs and less talking. See more Read all reviews
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Gillian Grisman

Director

Joe Craven

Self

Jerry Garcia

Self

Jim Kerwin

Self

David Grisman

Actor

Pamela K. Long

Associate Producer

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Synopsis "Grateful Dawg" offers a unique retrospective of Jerry Garcia and David Grisman's musical kinship that reflects the true spirit of their collaboration and offers an intimate, inside look for longtime and newer fans to enjoy. Includes live Garcia/Grisman performances as well as rare and unique personal moments from the studio, backstage and home-style jam sessions. Interviews with friends and family are intertwined with live and archival elements, creating an intimate portrait.
Director
Gillian Grisman
Producer
Gillian Grisman
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Acoustic Disc, 11th Hour Productions & Entertainment Inc.
Rating
PG-13 (Brief Language)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 5, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 15, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$359.2K
Runtime
1h 20m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.66:1)
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