Monterey Pop

Monterey Pop

7.4IMDb Score
Released:1968-12-26
Duration:80 min
Director:D. A. Pennebaker
Actors:Scott McKenzie, Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot, John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
Production:John Phillips-Lou Adler, Leacock-Pennebaker

Overview:

Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival are on film, some of the notable acts include the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis Redding, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix's post-performance antics -- lighting a guitar on fire, breaking it and tossing a part into the audience -- are captured.

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