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Woodstock on Wheels? The Failure of Medicine Ball Caravan

Woodstock on Wheels? The Failure of Medicine Ball Caravan

Released Wednesday, 18th November 2020
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Woodstock on Wheels? The Failure of Medicine Ball Caravan

Woodstock on Wheels? The Failure of Medicine Ball Caravan

Woodstock on Wheels? The Failure of Medicine Ball Caravan

Woodstock on Wheels? The Failure of Medicine Ball Caravan

Wednesday, 18th November 2020
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In 1970 Warner Brothers had a surprise hit on its hands when they released the documentary/concert film Woodstock.


Though the studio spent less than a million dollars on it, the film would eventually gross $50 million at the box office. Warner Bros. had caught lightning in a bottle. The question for the suits was: How do we make lightning strike twice? 


The answer was the Medicine Ball Caravan. But the lightning fizzled.


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