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In addition to winning the Academy Award for Documentary Feature (Bob Maurice, producer), "" also earned nominations for Film Editing (Schoonmaker) and Sound (Wallin and Larry Johnson). This marked the first time a documentary had been nominated in the Film Editing category and the only time a documentary has been nominated in the Sound category. The film captures a festival, a culture, a generation. Director and associate producer Dale Bell assembled a team of cinematographers, sound recordists and technicians with little more than verbal agreements and handshakes. Through rainstorms, electrical shorts and a swelling crowd, the crew captured "three days of peace and music" on 315,000 feet of film. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair featured now-legendary performances by , , , , , , Crosby Stills & Nash, , , , Santana, Sly & the Family Stone and . A 35mm print of the original three-hour 1970 stereo theatrical release of "W oodstock" will be screened courtesy of Warner Bros. Tickets for each evening of "Oscar's Docs: Woodstock" are available for $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with valid ID. Tickets may be purchased by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the event when open at 6:30 p.m. The Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600. 11##