The Grateful Dead Movie

Even if you’re not a “Deadhead,” you’ll find much to enjoy in The Grateful Dead Movie. This grandiosely labelled “Movie” is a free-form documentary of the Frisco-based rock group, replete with animation sequences and precious concert clips. Jerry Garcia, the head Dead, is credited as co-director. Given Mr. Garcia’s legendary preoccupation with controlled substances, it’s more than likely that some of the trippier passages can be attributed to him., San Francisco concert footage from 1974 blends with animation and offstage comments from band members Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Keith and Donna Godchaux, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart. Jerry Garcia directed.