Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
Visit website6.3/10 • 5
1997-02-22 • 1h 15m
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.
- Directors
- Jeremy Marre
Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
Visit website1997-02-22 • 1h 15m
6.3/10 • 5
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.
- Directors
- Jeremy Marre
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJerry Garcia
Self
Bob Weir
Self
Phil Lesh
Self
Reviews0
We don't have any reviews for Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty.
Media
Recommendations
This Ain't No Mouse Music!
7.0
No Backdrop
12
5.5
No Backdrop
12
5.6
Yu Yu Hakusho: Eizou Hakusho
8.9
12
5.6
No Backdrop
12
6.4
Death Bell 2
5.7
Treat Me Like Fire
5.9
Crown Vic
6.2
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
7.1
No Backdrop
Bat
7.6
The Gallows Act II
5.0
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
7.5
No Backdrop
Retando A La Muerte
5.4
Dear Ex
7.2
No Backdrop
People
7.8
Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin
7.6
No Backdrop
23
5.8
The Mustang
6.9
No Backdrop
With a Right to Kill
6.6
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- --
- Revenue
- --
- Keywords
- rock bandrockgrateful dead''anthem of the sun''''american beauty''