Monterey Pop
United States • English • 1968 • 1h 20m
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On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the beginning of the Summer of Love, the Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey featured career-making performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few of the performers in a wildly diverse lineup that included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic vérité style—and a camera crew that included the likes of Albert Maysles and Richard Leacock—D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend smashing his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his, Mama Cass watching Janis Joplin’s performance in awe.
Lou Adler and D. A. Pennebaker on MONTEREY POP
Lou Adler on MONTEREY POP, 2017
D. A. Pennebaker on MONTEREY POP, 2017
MONTEREY POP Audio Interviews: Cass Elliot
MONTEREY POP Audio Interviews: David Crosby
MONTEREY POP Audio Interviews: John Phillips
MONTEREY POP Audio Interviews: Derek Taylor
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Association
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Simon & Garfunkel, “Homeward Bound”
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Simon & Garfunkel, “Sound of Silence”
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Country Joe and the Fish
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Al Kooper
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 1
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 2
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Steve Miller Blues Band, “Mercury Blues”
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Steve Miller Blues Band, “Super Shuffle”
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Quicksilver Messenger Service
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Electric Flag
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Byrds, “Chimes of Freedom”
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Byrds, “He Was a Friend of Mine”
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Byrds, “Hey Joe”
MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Laura Nyro, “Wedding Bell Blues”
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Credits
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Cast
Scott McKenzieas Self
Denny Dohertyas Self - Mamas and the Papas
Cass Elliotas Self - Mamas and the Papas
John Phillipsas Self - Mamas and the Papas
Michelle Phillipsas Self - Mamas and the Papas
Frank Cookas Self - Canned Heat
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