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Fillmore
Fillmore
	Fillmore DVD cover
Directed by	Richard T. Heffron; Eli F. Bleich
Produced by	Herbert F. Decker
Starring	Bill Graham; Santana; Grateful Dead; Jefferson Airplane; Hot Tuna; Quicksilver Messenger Service
Cinematography	Alan Capps; Albert Kihn; Paul Lohmann; Eric Saarinen
Edited by	Eli F. Bleich; Richard Clarke; Daniel Halas; Charles Tetoni
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	June 14, 1972;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Fillmore — also known as Fillmore: The Last Days, and as Last Days of the Fillmore — is a music documentary film, primarily shot at the Fillmore West auditorium in San Francisco, California, from June 29 through July 4, 1971.^[2] It was released on June 14, 1972.^[3]

Fillmore documents the final run of concerts at the Fillmore West, which closed after these shows. It features performances by several rock bands that emerged from the San Francisco music scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Santana, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. The film also contains extensive footage of concert promoter Bill Graham, who organized the concerts and ran the Fillmore West. Additionally, the film includes documentary footage shot several years earlier in and around San Francisco, showing the emergence of the music scene there amid the counterculture of the 1960s and the hippie movement.^[4]

Fillmore was shot on 16 mm film and was released in a widescreen format with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio. It makes frequent use of split-screen images.

DVD

Fillmore was released on DVD by Rhino Records on June 2, 2009.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] At 94 minutes, the DVD version of the film differs from the original 105-minute theatrical release (released on VHS by All Star Video Corp.), omitting contentious scenes of Bill Graham's interactions with Boz Scaggs, Mike Wilhelm of The Charlatans ^[8] and a performance of "I'll Be Long Gone" by Boz Scaggs.

Album

Fillmore: The Last Days, a live album of music selected from the same run of concerts, was released as a three-disc vinyl LP box set in 1972.^[2]^[9] It was released as a two-disc CD in 1991. The audio version differs from the film significantly. The original box featured an actual Fillmore ticket, a poster, and a booklet with liner notes, pictures of some concert posters, and a list of all the Fillmore and Fillmore West concerts. Also included in the box is a single with a Bill Graham interview.