Martin Scorsese to Produce Documentary for Band Grateful Dead
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Amir Bar-Lev is tapped to helm the jam band's first official documentary to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

AceShowbiz - Legendary jam band Grateful Dead announces their first official career-spanning documentary to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Martin Scorsese will serve as one of the producers and Amir Bar-Lev ("Happy Valley", "The Tillman Story") will direct the project.

It will feature never-before-seen performance footage, vintage interviews, and other candid moments unearthed from the band's vast vaults along with newly captured conversations with surviving members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir as well as many other characters and pranksters from the Dead universe.

"The Grateful Dead were more than just a band. They were their own planet, populated by millions of devoted fans. I'm very happy that this picture is being made and proud to be involved," says "The Wolf of Wall Street" helmer.

The band, meanwhile, gushes, "We are humbled to be collaborating with Martin Scorsese. From 'The Last Waltz' to 'George Harrison: Living in the Material World', from Bob Dylan to The Rolling Stones, he has made some of the greatest music documentaries ever with some of our favorite artists and we are honored to have him involved. The 50th will be another monumental milestone to celebrate with our fans and we cannot wait to share this film with them."

Bar-Lev states, "It's been ten years since I first set out to make a film about the Grateful Dead and I'm thrilled that it's finally happening."

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