85
ExcellentGoodWatch scoreSummary
Recorded October 30th and 31st, 1980, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Dead Ahead showcases the recently reformed Grateful Dead lineup in acoustic and electric splendor.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 85GoodWatch 85
IMDb8.5
Running time
1 h 54 min
A typical length for music movies, +8 min on the typical 106
typical 106114Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 6 countries
Released
1981
January 1, 1981
45 years ago
Genre
MusicLanguage
English
Original language
and 5 moreDirecting · 2
- Len Dell'Amico Director, Associate Producer
- Jack Gordon Assistant Director
Production · 15
- John Scher Executive Producer
- Richard Loren Producer
- Veronica Loza Production Coordinator, Camera Operator, Editor
- Jonathan Stathakis Production Manager
- Rock Scully Producer's Assistant
- Alan Trist Producer's Assistant
Camera · 5
- John Heller Camera Operator
- Celeste Masini Camera Operator
- Bruce Bangsberg Camera Operator
- Mitch Hammer Camera Operator
- Joe Ippolito Camera Operator
Sound · 7
- Jay Patterson Location Sound Recordist
- Bill Marino Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Dan Healy Sound Recordist, Production Sound Mixer
- Bob Matthews Sound Recordist
- John Cutler Sound Recordist
- Don Pearson Sound Recordist
Lighting · 1
- Candace Brightman Lighting Technician
Other crew · 1
- Thom Drewke Technical Supervisor
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