Monterey Pop

1968

Action / Documentary / History / Music

33
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 96% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 89% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.9/10 10 5524 5.5K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

D.A. Pennebaker Photo
D.A. Pennebaker

Top cast

Pete Townshend Photo
Pete Townshend as Performers
Eric Burdon Photo
Eric Burdon as Performers
David Crosby Photo
David Crosby as Self
Al Jackson Jr. Photo
Al Jackson Jr. as Himself - Booker T. & the MG's
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
669.55 MB
968*720
English 2.0
Not Rated
23.976 fps
1 hr 18 min
Seeds 1
1.26 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
Not Rated
23.976 fps
1 hr 18 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Russ G 8 / 10

Watching this it's amazing how considerate the audience

Watching this it's amazing how considerate the audience is to the performers here; rows of folding chairs laid out by the thousands and everyone sits and listens to the groups. Would you rather have been at this show or wallowing in the mud in Upstate NY two years later sick from the "brown acid?"
Reviewed by andres s 8 / 10

I love all the candid footage of the

I love all the candid footage of the festival. It really was a different time back then seeing everyone enjoy themselves and actually be happy. It's also interesting to see all the weirdos that attended the concert like that one girl with the dog. She was chewing on some food and then spat it out meanwhile giving her dog the same food that she's eating. Very riveting seeing all the raw and passionate performances from all the musicians that played that day. The way the camera zooms in on the face to almost an uncomfortable level makes it even more intense and mesmerizing to watch. Wow, man Janis Joplin is fucking electric to watch. She's got so much pain in her that it just comes out in her singing, you can feel it. She really was an amazing artist. The Who were fucking crazy chaotic lmao, I loved it! They really didn't give a fuck. And seeing Pete smash his guitar was amazing. Jimi Hendrix was another one of those artists that just pulls you in, grabbing your attention and never letting go. He was a fucking guitar wizard, and rightfully so deserves to wear all those crazy colorful outfits. His unpredictable and wild performance on stage is always mesmerizing to watch. He was definitely a showman, a magician, even a wizard. So crazy how he lit his guitar on fire and then smashed it. But also gave out some of the pieces of his guitar to the audience. What a fucking legend. What a wonderful way to end the whole movie with Ravi Shankar. They did an amazing job at keeping the flow of the performances so that one either contrasts or complements the next one. It keeps the whole movie from becoming stale or boring. This whole movie was very exciting to watch. So many iconic and memorable moments in rock history within this movie. They did a wonderful job putting the whole film together.
Reviewed by Tim S 3 / 10

For all the great groups in the movie

For all the great groups in the movie the song selections could’ve been a lot better. They should’ve put more money in it and gotten rights to all the groups hits instead just a few of them. For me it was pretty disappointing.
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