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Monterey Pop

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"Do you know where your kids are hanging out tonight?"

Duration

1h 20m

Release

26 Dec 1968

Country

United States

Language

English

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.

Plot

A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival.

Cast

Otis ReddingJimi HendrixRavi Shankar

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.9/10Rotten Tomatoes: 96%Metacritic: 77/100

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