The best Arlo Guthrie’s movies

Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie

10/07/1947 (76 años)
Today we present the best Arlo Guthrie’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Arlo Guthrie’s movies.
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Woodstock

Woodstock
8.1/10
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.

Roadside Prophets

Roadside Prophets
6.3/10
Sid and Nancy screenplay author Abbe Wool makes her directorial debut with this tale of a factory worker name Joe (X front man John Doe) who hits the road on his Harley to scatter the ashes of a co-worker. Joined by wannabe biker Sam (Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys), Joe journeys from Los Angeles to Nevada, meeting all sorts of characters (played by the likes of David Carradine, John Cusack, Timothy Leary and Arlo Guthrie) along the way.

Alice's Restaurant

Alice's Restaurant
6.2/10
After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner is over, Arlo volunteers to take the trash to the dump, but finds it closed for the holiday, so he just dumps the trash in the bottom of a ravine. This act of littering gets him arrested, and sends him on a bizarre journey that ends with him in front of the draft board.

Radio Unnameable

Radio Unnameable
7.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 19/09/2012
  • Character: Himself
The story of legendary New York City disc jockey Bob Fass who pioneered free expression on the airwaves with his long running FM program 'Radio Unnameable'.

Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms

Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms
  • Release: 31/12/1993
  • Character: Self
Nanci Griffith performs her Grammy Award winning album "Other Voices, Other Rooms" live at Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas on April 28th, 1993 with special guests including Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Odetta, John Prine, Guy Clark, Iris DeMent, and many more.

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
8.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/1984
  • Character: Self
A warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers across the United States. Part biography, part travelogue and part hootenanny, it follows the singer's son, Arlo Guthrie, as he retraces his father's steps and collects reminiscences from his father's family, friends and musical partners.

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
8.3/10
Documentary about the blacklisted folk group, "The Weavers," and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
7.8/10
With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father, legendary cowboy troubadour, Ramblin' Jack Elliott. She explores who he is and how he got there, working back and forth between archival and contemporary footage. Born in 1932 in Brooklyn, busking through the South and West in the early 50s, a year with Woody Guthrie, six years flatpicking in Europe, a triumphant return to Greenwich Village in the early 60s, mentoring Bob Dylan, then life on the road, from gig to gig, singing and telling stories. A Grammy and the National Medal of Arts await Jack near the end of a long trail. What will Aiyana find for herself?

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
8.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 14/09/2007
  • Character: Self
Interviews, archival footage and home movies are used to illustrate a social history of folk artists Pete Seeger.

Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal

Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
9.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 17/09/2004
  • Character: Himself
In September of 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival, the Weavers sang together for possibly the last time.

Alice’s Restaurant 50th Anniversary Concert With Arlo Guthrie

Alice’s Restaurant 50th Anniversary Concert With Arlo Guthrie
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 26/11/2015
  • Character: Himself
Arlo Guthrie celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the events that snowballed into the Alices Restaurant Massacree, his iconic talking blues narrative that has become an established part of the Thanksgiving tradition, with an unprecedented show. Backed by his band of friends, Arlo regales the audience with the Massacree in its entirety, along with many of his best-loved classics.

Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand

Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand
7.2/10
"Man in the Sand" is a 1999 music documentary that chronicles the collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco, which involved the musicians creating new music to accompany lyrics that were written decades earlier by folk singer Woody Guthrie. The project, which was organized by Woody's daughter Nora, spawned two albums: "Mermaid Avenue," released in 1998, and "Mermaid Avenue Vol. II," released in 2000.

Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert

Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 23/08/1978
Full concert recorded live at Wolf Trap, VA for PBS broadcast. Arlo and Pete are joined onstage by the band Shanandoah on many of their well-loved Folk classics, across their long careers.

Woody Guthrie: Three Chords and the Truth

Woody Guthrie: Three Chords and the Truth
Woody Guthrie is one of America’s legendary songwriters. A voice of the people, he wrote hard-hitting lyrics for a hard-hit nation. His is a tale of survival, creativity and reinvention. He is proof that there is always potential for change and even in 2019, more than fifty years after his death, he is challenging Donald Trump from beyond the grave. With enormous influence on successive generations of musicians like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez and Billy Bragg, this film proves he has a true place in 21st-century culture.

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