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Synopsis
On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey would launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few among a wildly diverse cast 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, D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend destroying his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this timeless document of a landmark event.
Cast
| Janis Joplin | |
| Paul Simon | |
| Art Garfunkel | |
| "Mama" Cass Elliot | |
| John Phillips | |
| Michelle Phillips | |
| Denny Doherty | |
| Jimi Hendrix | |
| Hugh Masekela | |
| Grace Slick | |
| Eric Burdon | |
| Roger Daltrey | |
| Keith Moon | |
| John Entwistle | |
| Pete Townshend | |
| Otis Redding | |
| Ravi Shankar |
Credits
| Director | D. A. Pennebaker |
| Producer | Lou Adler and John Phillips |
| Cinematography | James Desmond, Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, Roger Murphy, D. A. Pennebaker and Barry Feinstein |
| Editing | Nina Schulman |
| Assistant editor | Mary Lampson |
Disc Features
- Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by D.A. Pennebaker
- Soundtrack featuring a 5.1 mix by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in Dolby Digital (and DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition)
- Audio commentary by Festival producer Lou Adler and Pennebaker
- Video interview with Adler and Pennebaker
- Audio interviews with festival producer John Phillips, festival publicist Derek Taylor, and performers Cass Elliot and David Crosby
- Photo-essay by photographer Elaine Mayes
- Original theatrical trailer and radio spots
- Monterey Pop Festival scrapbook
- PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Michael Lydon, Barney Hoskyns, and Armond White
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