Grateful Dead’s San Francisco concert film to hit IMAX theaters for band’s 60th anniversary

Grateful Dead’s San Francisco concert film to hit IMAX theaters for band’s 60th anniversary

The Grateful Dead’s newly remastered 1977 concert film “The Grateful Dead Movie” will debut in 60 IMAX theaters across the country, in honor of the legendary band’s 60th anniversary. Directed by Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia and documentarian Leon Gast, the movie was filmed during a five-night run at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom in Oct. 1974, billed as “The Last One” (since at the time it was thought to be the band’s final performan…