Monterey Pop

Monterey Pop

80 mins | Documentary, Music | Dec. 26, 1968

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.

Monterey Pop

80 mins | Documentary, Music | Dec. 26, 1968

Monterey Pop
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.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers PENNEBAKER-LEACOCK, INC, John Phillips-Lou Adler
Original title Monterey Pop
Directors D. A. Pennebaker
Writers

Cast

Scott McKenzie

as Himself

Denny Doherty

as Himself - Mamas and the Papas

Cass Elliot

as Herself - Mamas and the Papas

John Phillips

as Himself - Mamas and the Papas

Michelle Phillips

as Herself - Mamas and the Papas

Frank Cook

as Himself - Canned Heat

Bob Hite

as Himself - Canned Heat

Larry Taylor

as Himself - Canned Heat

Henry Vestine

as Himself - Canned Heat

Alan Wilson

as Himself - Canned Heat

Paul Simon

as Himself - Simon and Garfunkel

Art Garfunkel

as Himself - Simon and Garfunkel

Hugh Masekela

as Himself

Marty Balin

as Himself - Jefferson Airplane

Jack Casady

as Himself - Jefferson Airplane

Spencer Dryden

as Himself - Jefferson Airplane

Paul Kantner

as Himself - Jefferson Airplane

Jorma Kaukonen

as Himself - Jefferson Airplane

Grace Slick

as Herself - Jefferson Airplane

Peter Albin

as Himself - Big Brother and The Holding Company

Sam Andrew

as Himself - Big Brother and The Holding Company

Dave Getz

as Himself - Big Brother and The Holding Company

James Gurley

as Himself - Big Brother and The Holding Company

Janis Joplin

as Herself

Eric Burdon

as Himself - Eric Burdon and The Animals

Vic Briggs

as Himself - Eric Burdon and The Animals

Barry Jenkins

as Himself - Eric Burdon and The Animals

Danny McCulloch

as Himself - Eric Burdon and The Animals

John Weider

as Himself - Eric Burdon and The Animals

Roger Daltrey

as Himself - The Who

John Entwistle

as Himself - The Who

Keith Moon

as Himself - The Who

Pete Townshend

as Himself - The Who

Bruce Barthol

as Himself - Country Joe and The Fish

David Cohen

as Himself - Country Joe and The Fish

Chicken Hirsh

as Himself - Country Joe and The Fish

Country Joe McDonald

as Himself - Country Joe and The Fish

Barry Melton

as Himself - Country Joe and The Fish

Otis Redding

as Himself

Jimi Hendrix

as Himself

Ravi Shankar

as Himself