Coming soon to an IMAX theater near you is The Grateful Dead Movie! In a bit of a surprise addition to the 2025 movie schedule, the much-loved concert film from 1977 (recorded at a series of shows in 1974), The Grateful Dead Movie, has gotten a full refresh for IMAX and is running for a limited time over the next couple of weeks in many markets. I’m as excited about this as I was about the Led Zeppelin documentary released earlier this year.
When I was in college, we had a couple of rituals. Every night before we went out, we’d mix White Russians and watch The Big Lebowski, and more times than not, we’d come home and slide our well-worn VHS tape of The Grateful Dead Movie into our machine and chill out to the magic coming from our 27-inch tube TV. I can’t wait to see the movie not only in theaters, but in IMAX. There are three things I’m particularly looking forward to.
