Still image from the 1969 film Monterey Pop.

Monterey Pop

Concert film about the pre-Woodstock music festival.

1969 1h 18m Documentary TV-14

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CAST
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Sam Andrew, Composer
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Sam Andrew
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Marty Balin, Composer
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Marty Balin
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Jerry Butler, Composer
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Jerry Butler
Composer

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Sam Cooke, Composer
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Sam Cooke
Composer

FULL SYNOPSIS

A record of the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival. Interviews are conducted with "flower children," festival producer John Phillips, policemen, and some of the sound and lighting crew. The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones is the festival's announcer, and the acts include Big Brother and the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin), The Mamas and the Papas, Canned Heat, Hugh Masekela, the Jefferson Airplane (with Grace Slick), Eric Burdon and The Animals, The Who, Country Joe and the Fish, Otis Redding (backed by Booker T and the MG's), Jimi Hendrix, and a final sequence with Ravi Shankar.


VIDEOS
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Dave Karger Intro
Hosted Intro
I've Been Lovin' You Too Long...
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Ball 'n' Chain
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High Flyin' Bird
Movie Clip
National Film Registry -- Mont...
Hosted Intro
California Dreamin'...
Movie Clip

ARTICLES
My absolute favorite moments in D.A. Pennebaker’s classic rock concert film Monterey Pop (1968) are not one of the iconic era-defining musical performances. They are the cutaways during Ravi Shankar’s climactic set to a blissed-out Micky Dolenz. At this point, I should confess that when I saw the film as a young teen during its original theatrical release, Shankar’s set was my cue for a bathroom break/popcorn refill. It wasn’t until years later when I saw the film again and sat through Shankar’s entire performance—mesmerized, this time—that I caught the Micky moment.Dolenz graciously extended a scheduled 15-minute call to share with TCM his memories of attending the Monterey International Pop Music Festival, along with a welcome Marxist (as in the brothers) digression. At 76, Dolenz is still Monkeeing around. He has a fine new solo album out that pays tribute to his Monkees bandmate, Michael Nesmith. He still tours and is a producer and director (his stage adaptation of Bugsy Malone, which he also directed, is something of a rite of passage for children in England). Monterey Pop is brimming with legendary performances, but for Dolenz, “groovy” as the music is for him, it wasn’t this life-changing event. He knew most of the performers. “We used to hang out all the time,” he said.Before talking about Monterey, I wanted to give a shout-out to your new album, Dolenz Sings Nesmith. Why didn’t someone think of this sooner?Micky Dolenz: I did think of it sooner. One of my dearest fr...

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NOTES

Filmed in 16mm.

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