Monterey Pop

Monterey Pop is a 1968 film by D.A. Pennebaker that documents the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967. Among Pennebaker's several camera operators were fellow documentarians Richard Leacock and Albert Maysles; the painter Brice Marden has an "assistant camera" credit, and Bob Neuwirth, who figured prominently in Pennebaker's Bob Dylan documentary Don't Look Back, acted as stage manager. Titles for the film were by the artist/cartoonist Tomi Ungerer. Featured performers include Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, Hugh Masekela, Otis Redding, Ravi Shankar, The Who (destroying their instruments at the end of "My Generation") and Jimi Hendrix, setting his guitar on fire during "Wild Thing."

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D.A. Pennebaker - Monterey Pop Festival - Richard Leacock - Albert Maysles - Brice Marden - Bob Neuwirth - Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back - Tomi Ungerer - Big Brother and the Holding Company - Janis Joplin - The Jefferson Airplane - Hugh Masekela - Otis Redding - Ravi Shankar - The Who - My Generation - Jimi Hendrix - Wild Thing

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In 2002, Monterey Pop was (re-)released on DVD as part of a boxed set, The Complete Monterey Pop Festival, that also includes Pennebaker's short films Jimi Plays Monterey (1986) and Shake! Otis at Monterey (1986), as well as a two hours of outtake performances, including some by bands not seen in the original film.

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DVD - Jimi Plays Monterey - Shake! Otis at Monterey

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