Festival Express

Festival Express is a 2003 documentary film about the eponymous 1970 train tour across Canada taken by some of North America's most popular rock bands, including The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band and Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. The film combines live footage shot during the 1970 concerts, as well as footage aboard the train itself, interspersed with present-day interviews with tour participants sharing their often humorous recollections o... More

Initial release date:

  • 2003

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Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 30 min

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  • Festival Express
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