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	Festival Express
		Unlike the classic rock festivals, this one was designed to be portable right from its conception, although in the case of Woodstock and Altamont there was a lot of travel before they landed in their final venues.
		Since the premiere last September of "Festival Express," there have been a large number of articles in the press written frequently by journalists waxing nostalgic about their own connection to the festival events.
		However, without exception, they failed to make the connection between the 1970 Festival Express and the 1974 documentary "Janis." It was produced by Crawley Films, which was Canada’s largest private film company at the time.
	www.siegelproductions.ca /festivalexpress.htm (1416 words)

	Festival Express (2004): Ken Pearson, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart - PopMatters Film Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As Festival Express is here to remind us, their rock 'n' roll was the apex of Western music, if not of all music of all time.
		With this social unrest the backdrop to the "Festival Express" tour, the musicians increasingly retreat to the hippie paradise of the train.
		While Festival Express raises all of these lacunae in Boomer lore, it ignores their implications.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/f/festival-express.shtml (990 words)

	Ritz Filmbill: Movie Synopsis: Festival Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Festival Express is a rousing record of a little-known, but monumental, moment in rock and roll history, starring such music legends as Janis Joplin, The Band, and the Grateful Dead.
		Festival Express has been described as the greatest and longest non-stop party in the history of rock and roll, and that is exactly what promoters Ken Walker and Thor Eaton imagined when they first conceived the event.
		Festival Express is among the very first to document musicians lives, both on and off stage, for such an extended and continuous period of time, and offers glimpses of a lifestyle perhaps never to be seen again.
	www.ritzfilmbill.com /editorial/synopses/festivalexpress.shtml (408 words)

	DVD : Festival Express - The Owl Pages shop
		In 1970, during the heyday of the rock festival, promoter Ken Walker decided to organize a traveling musical revue, bringing the mountain to Mohammed, as it were.
		Festival Express is a rousing record of a little-known, but monumental, moment in rock n' roll history, starring such music legends as Janis Joplin, The Band, and the Grateful Dead.
		Set in 1970, Festival Express was a multi-band, multi-day extravaganza that captured the spirit and imagination of a generation and a nation.
	www.owlpages.com /cgi-bin/shop.cgi?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=B000305ZDO (570 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: Festival Express Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In fact, the ultimate irony of Festival Express is that it’s less about hippie power than it is about an ugly underbelly to the rock and roll financial boon that would explode in the 1970s.
		When all is said and done, some people may poo-poo Festival Express for not really coming down either way on the issue, but that distinct decision not to partisan the rock and roll crazies involved here is what makes the film so anomalous and unique.
		And Festival Express is a worthy investigation of this.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video_9/festivalexpress.html (929 words)

	Festival Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Festival Express consists of three main elements; concert footage from the various stops, jam sessions on the train itself, and interviews with many of the participants reminiscing.
		Festival Express is an interesting portrait of its time.
		Festival Express doesn't really aim to reveal any new secrets or give any real insight into the bands on stage, it just wants to present a good time.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/festival_express.html (413 words)

	Festival Express - Trans Continental Pop Festival (1970)
		Following the two day CNE stadium Festival in Toronto June 27 and 28, it's all aboard for Winnipeg and the July Festival in Winnipeg Stadium where the show is presented by Manisphere.
		What the festival achieved was the unique gathering of Toronto - and North American - youth in one place to hear an unusually wide cross-section of con-temporary music.
		Montreal papers expressed the sentiment that it was not for Montreal politicians to decide for its citizens who could participate in holiday activities.
	www.thecoolgroove.com /festival_express_text.html (990 words)

	Movie Review - Festival Express - eFilmCritic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Using 46 hours of footage from a movie planned to be released in 1971, but completely forgotten, “Festival Express” chronicles a five day tour via train by some of rock’s most legendary artists.
		In the end, the Festival Express tour lost money (as expected), but those who paid the ticket price witnessed some of the most important artists of the time at their peak.
		Come to think of it, in light of the recent, tragic cancellation of the Lollapalooza Tour (featuring one of the best festival line-ups I’ve ever seen) and the fact that rock festivals have little to no future in the current music climate, “Festival Express” might be one of the most timely documentaries out there.
	efilmcritic.com /review.php?movie=10222&reviewer=233 (583 words)

	Festival Express (2004): Reviews
		Festival Express should rightfully take its place in rock history as one of the great performance films of all time.
		To watch the biggest stars of their time in casual conversation, trading riffs and passing bottles, without benefit of publicists, handlers and security goons is to relive an innocent, anarchic time in the entertainment business when music, not marketing, was at the center of the enterprise.
		The sociological angle of Festival Express is a narrow one--perhaps too narrow--and doesn't overwhelm the film's real selling point, which is some of the best-looking and best-sounding footage of counterculture icons ever screened.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/festivalexpress (895 words)

	Movie Review - Festival Express - eFilmCritic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Using 46 hours of footage from a movie planned to be released in 1971, but completely forgotten, “Festival Express” chronicles a five day tour via train by some of rock’s most legendary artists.
		In the end, the Festival Express tour lost money (as expected), but those who paid the ticket price witnessed some of the most important artists of the time at their peak.
		Come to think of it, in light of the recent, tragic cancellation of the Lollapalooza Tour (featuring one of the best festival line-ups I’ve ever seen) and the fact that rock festivals have little to no future in the current music climate, “Festival Express” might be one of the most timely documentaries out there.
	www.efilmcritic.com /review.php?movie=10222&reviewer=233&printer=1 (536 words)

	IGN: Festival Express Review
		Festival Express brings to light the almost forgotten story of the little festival that could through a combination of recent video interviews with some of the surviving participants along with original 16mm footage from the actual event.
		The festivals turned out to be the backdrop for a much larger zeitgeist event – the music-filled party train rollicking across the Canadian countryside.
		"Festival Express is the film that refused to die, first spending a generation lying dormant in the original producer's garage, then in the Canadian National Archives, and now, in 2004, the film is finally being shown.
	movies.ign.com /articles/532/532868p1.html (1213 words)

	Festival Express
		FESTIVAL EXPRESS has been described as the greatest and longest non-stop party in the history of rock n’ roll, and that is exactly what promoters Ken Walker and Thor Eaton imagined when they first conceived the event.
		They rented a train, named it the “Festival Express,” and, using the Orient Express as their model, stocked the dining car with food and drink that would be available to night owl musicians twenty-four hours a day.
		FESTIVAL EXPRESS was shot in cinema verite style and edited in keeping with the time period in which it was filmed.
	www.snowboardsecrets.com /Videos/festival.htm (1739 words)

	Festival Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Festival Express is a rousing record of a little-known, but monumental, moment in rock n?
		Set in 1970, Festival Express was a multi-band, multi-day extravaganza that captured the spirit and imagination of a generation and a nation.
		A momentous achievement in rock film archeology, Festival Express combines this long-lost material with contemporary interviews nearly 35 years after it was first filmed.
	www.dvdgopher.co.uk /showprod.php?prodid=027616920003 (146 words)

	Festival Express
		The Festival Express was the brainchild of two brash, young promoters named Ken Walker and Thor Eaton.
		At the crest of the musical and social explosion that was the sixties, this contrast between the greatest musicians of their day (and, arguably, any day) and a leisurely mode of travel made for a combustible bell jar that vibrated with artistic camaraderie.
		Festival Express is more than the sum of its extraordinary parts; it captures a uniquely Canadian experience and the spirit of an age.
	theband.hiof.no /films/festival_express.html (494 words)

	The WELL: Richie Unterberger: "Eight Miles High"
		Festival Express premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2003 and was subsequently shown at other film festivals in advance of a general public release, and the release of a DVD with extra material.
		Having seen Woodstock, Festival Express and Monterey in recent months, this time traveller found FE to be the more effective transport.
		I think the Monterey 1967 footage of Janis (with Big Brother; she was solo by the time of Festival Express) is definitely a lot better than the Festval Express clips; also I found some of the footage in the "Janis" documentary more exciting.
	www.well.com /conf/inkwell.vue/topics/196/Richie-Unterberger-Eight-Miles-H-page10.html (2885 words)

	Festival Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is a refreshing change then to see Festival Express, which looks almost entirely at the music and the entertainment inherent in packing a group of some of the most popular musicians of the time onto a train and making them all travel together across Canada together.
		The DVD release of Festival Express is packed with extras, though some may be disappointed to see only two discs of material while there's a rumored 75+ hours of footage Mr.
		Festival Express is as much an intimate look into the behind-the-scenes aspects of a traveling festival as it is a concert video.
	www.ugo.com /channels/dvd/features/festivalexpress/review.asp (872 words)

	Festival Express
		Festival Express was a different type of concert.
		The Festival Express was a tour throughout Canada during the Summer of 1970.
		Festival Express, while 33 years too late, is a refreshing if limited portrait of a group of expressive artists having a terrific time.
	www.movie-vault.com /reviews/biElXIGugqZnFjTp (634 words)

	FESTIVAL EXPRESS COMPETITION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		MOJO4music.com are offering one lucky user the chance to win their own private screening of Festival Express for themselves and 20 friends in the West End of London.
		Although the Festival Express footage was rumoured to exist for many years, it wasn't until 1994 that the film materials were actually unearthed, amazingly in pristine condition.
		Festival Express might just have been the greatest and certainly the longest, non-stop rock 'n' roll party ever.
	www.mojo4music.com /html/festivalexpress_comp.shtml (462 words)

	Indiantelevision.com > Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch > DHL Festival Express adds a sweet touch to ...
		DHL Festival Express is targeted at the growing number of Indian families who have relatives and friends living abroad, as well as corporates who wish to send their associates abroad a traditional Diwali gift pack.
		Following the runaway success of Mango Express and Rakhi Express, we gained a true measure of how important it is to bridge distances by sharing and savouring the inimitable flavour of India with near and dear ones living abroad.
		Now with DHL Festival Express, they need not rue missing a trip to India during the festive season as the taste of Diwali is just a call away," he adds.
	www.indiantelevision.com /mam/headlines/y2k4/nov/novmam19.htm (318 words)

	Festival Express (2003)
		The moon is in the seventh house for Festival Express, a rollicking chronicle of a 1970 concert tour headlined by The Grateful Dead, The Band, and the inimitable Janis Joplin.
		For anyone who was there or wished they had been, Festival Express captures the music and spirit of the Age of Aquarius in a deluxe, 2-disc DVD set that should be labeled "Play It Loud"—just like your old LPs.
		Culled from hundreds of hours of footage, Festival Express would be stronger if director Bob Smeaton had probed his interviewees for more specific anecdotes about the personalities on board the train.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=139450&PID=10115359&Tab=reviews&CID=18 (684 words)

	Festival Express - Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead
		Festival Express might just have been the greatest, and certainly the longest, non-stop rock n’ roll party ever.
		Following in the footsteps of Woodstock, by the summer of 1970 such festivals were a regular part of the rock n’ roll landscape.
		Festival Express was planned as a festival with a difference - it would be portable.
	www.phase9.tv /movies/festivalexpress.shtml (641 words)

	'Festival Express' worth the ride - Roanoke.com
		Short, loose and way laid-back, "Festival Express" is one home movie that rock-music lovers will have no problem sitting through.
		They had to contend with sparse crowds and violent protesters (who balked at the festival's then unheard of $14 cover charge), but they found much solace in their marathon jams in the train's bar car, which came equipped with a drum kit and a Hammond B3 organ.
		Though rock disciples may enjoy "Festival" a little more than newcomers, there's still a lot of good music here - Joplin is positively inspired; the Dead, who were just months away from releasing "American Beauty," find a great bluesy groove; and Buddy Guy actually works a forklift into his act.
	www.roanoke.com /entertainment/insideout/movies/wb/13424 (300 words)

	newtimesbpb.com \| Film \| Party Train \| 2004-08-26 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Unless you attended one of the three "Festival Express" concerts in Canada in the summer of 1970 -- and unless, actually, you were on that cross-continental train -- you've never seen her like this.
		Festival promoters Ken Walker and Thor Eaten seemed far less concerned with making money than with providing the performers with a sublime musical experience: a seemingly endless meander through the countryside, dining car and bar fully stocked, making music with one another.
		Festival Express is essentially a concert movie, with several extended numbers from each of the film's major players.
	www.newtimesbpb.com /issues/2004-08-26/film.html (825 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| 'Festival Express'
		Woodstock was for the fans, claims interviewee David Dutton, and the Festival Express was for the musicians.
		But modern-day interviews aren't deeply enlightening: memories of the Festival Express are muzzy for some reason.
		Festival Express (R; 90 min.), a documentary by Bob Smeaton opens Friday at selected theaters.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/07.28.04/festival-0431.html (511 words)

	Festival Express on DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The vintage concert footage alone makes Festival Express a memorable and worthwhile endeavor, offering scintillating performances by Janis Joplin, the Band (their rollicking version of "Slippin' and Slidin'" is particularly mind-blowing), the Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy, and others (remember Mashmakhan?).
		In 1970, during the heyday of the rock festival, promoter Ken Walker decided to organize a traveling musical revue, bringing the mountain to Mohammed, as it were.
		Nearly as rewarding as the live performances are the candid scenes of the train ride itself, an endless jam session and party during which musicians of all shapes and sizes let their hair down -- musically and otherwise.
	www.crimsonbird.com /cgi-bin/a.cgi?j=B000305ZDO (205 words)

	Buninyong Film festival - festival express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I emerged from 'Festival Express' totally excited, just blown away by the rawness, the innocence of the times and by the music.
		David: And it's also a bit touching to remember that because of Janis Joplin's participation in all of this that she died a very short time after the film was shot.
		The Festival Express was a train taking rock ‘n’ roll greats around Canada in 1970, so that they could play a number of festivals.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~filmfest/2005/festival.htm (2021 words)

	International Festival \| Express Yourself
		International Festival takes a new perspective on the importance of being wet all the way to the 21st century.
		International Festival has made a decision 2007 will be a year of success for everybody in everything we set and don't set out to accomplish.
		International Festival Award is a newly founded award honoring extraordinary contributions in the fields of architecture and performance, establishing territories where seemingly contradictory expressions and modalities of production shape our common future through dynamic engagements, pro-active construction, shape-shifting production and unconditional generosity.
	www.international-festival.org (764 words)

	Festival Express - $17.46 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		That train ride, which turned into a nonstop jam session among some of the top rock `n roll talents of the time, became known as the Festival Express and this film is the chronicle of that experience.
		"Festival Express" juxtaposes footage of the event with present-day interviews from some of the people who were on that train.
		Be that as it may, "Festival Express" is still a useful time capsule for reminding us about what the culture was like 35 years ago.
	dvd-ezon.com /599854/goodsB000305ZDO.html (1298 words)

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