Grateful Dawg

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Grateful Dawg

PG-13

Released Oct 5, 2000

1h 20m

Documentary

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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

A multilayered documentary that explores music and friendship, and in its own quiet way, the battle with fame.

Jul 20, 2002

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

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.

Jan 11, 2002

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

A must for any Deadhead and of genuine interest to any music fan, even if its documentary chops hit a few sour notes.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 4, 2001

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Jae-Ha Kim

Jae-Ha Kim

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.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 27, 2023

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Rated: 3/5

Aug 8, 2002

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

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.

Rated: A-

Feb 25, 2002

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Geke g

Dawgs. Its grateful to watch

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/02/24

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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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/27/24

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Bahad j

I really liked the camera used in the movie. Because the angles and small details are captured very well.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/07/24

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Munkhjargal A

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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/26/24

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Incredible music - I wish there were more songs and less talking.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Gillian Grisman

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Joe Craven

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Jerry Garcia

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Jim Kerwin

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David Grisman

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Pamela K. Long

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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.

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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