Monterey Pop
Directed by D. A. Pennebaker • 1968 • United States
On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the beginning of the Summer of Love, the Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey featured career-making performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few of the performers in a wildly diverse lineup 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—and a camera crew that included the likes of Albert Maysles and Richard Leacock—D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend smashing his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his, Mama Cass watching Janis Joplin’s performance in awe.
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Monterey Pop
Directed by D. A. Pennebaker • 1968 • United States
On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the beginning of the Summer of Love, the Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey featured career-making perform...
Extras
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MONTEREY POP Commentary
Recorded in 2002, this commentary features MONTEREY POP producer Lou Adler and filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker.
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Lou Adler and D. A. Pennebaker on MONTEREY POP
This video interview with festival producer Lou Adler and filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker was conducted in the summer of 2001 in Los Angeles.
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Lou Adler on MONTEREY POP, 2017
In this interview, conducted in Los Angeles in July 2017, Lou Adler, who organized and produced the Monterey International Pop Festival with John Phillips in 1967, reflects on a 2017 anniversary festival that took place in Monterey, an exhibition of Monterey Pop ephemera, and the continued impact...
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D. A. Pennebaker on MONTEREY POP, 2017
In these interviews, recorded in Bologna, Italy; Monterey; and New York City in 2017, director D.A. Pennebaker recalls his experiences making MONTEREY POP fifty years earlier, and reminisces about a few of the people who became friends and some of the performances that became legendary.
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Festival Ephemera: Photo-Essay with Commentary
Photographer Elaine Mayes was recorded in New York City in the spring of 2002.
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MONTEREY POP Audio Interviews: Cass Elliot
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MONTEREY POP Audio Interviews: David Crosby
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MONTEREY POP Audio Interviews: John Phillips
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MONTEREY POP Audio Interviews: Derek Taylor
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Association
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Simon & Garfunkel, “Homeward Bound”
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Simon & Garfunkel, “Sound of Silence”
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Country Joe and the Fish
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Al Kooper
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 1
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 2
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Steve Miller Blues Band, “Mercury Blues”
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Steve Miller Blues Band, “Super Shuffle”
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Quicksilver Messenger Service
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Electric Flag
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Byrds, “Chimes of Freedom”
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Byrds, “He Was a Friend of Mine”
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: The Byrds, “Hey Joe”
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MONTEREY POP Outtakes: Laura Nyro, “Wedding Bell Blues”
