First-Time Viewing

Monterey Pop

Release Date:December 26, 1968

Running Time:80 min

Genres:Documentary, Music

Director

Cast

Scott McKenzie Denny Doherty Cass Elliot John Phillips Michelle Phillips Frank Cook Bob Hite Larry Taylor Henry Vestine Paul Simon Art Garfunkel Hugh Masekela

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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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