Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

127 mins | Documentary, Music | Feb. 15, 1996

In August 1970, 600,000 fans flocked to the Isle of Wight to witness the third and final festival to be held on the island. Besides the music, they also got a look at the greed, cynicism and corruption that would plague the music industry for years to come. They also witnessed the final, drugged out performance of Jimi Hendrix in England just two weeks before he would meet a tragic death. When it all was over, the fans view of rock and roll was never the same.

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

127 mins | Documentary, Music | Feb. 15, 1996

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
In August 1970, 600,000 fans flocked to the Isle of Wight to witness the third and final festival to be held on the island. Besides the music, they also got a look at the greed, cynicism and corruption that would plague the music industry for years to come. They also witnessed the final, drugged out performance of Jimi Hendrix in England just two weeks before he would meet a tragic death. When it all was over, the fans view of rock and roll was never the same.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers BBC, Castle Music Pictures
Original title Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
Directors Murray Lerner
Writers Murray Lerner

Cast

Jimi Hendrix

as Self

Paul Rodgers

as Self - Free

John Sebastian

as Self

Donovan

as Self

Graeme Edge

as Self - The Moody Blues

Joni Mitchell

as Self

Miles Davis

as Self

Leonard Cohen

as Self

Keith Emerson

as Self

Greg Lake

as Self

Carl Palmer

as Self

Joan Baez

as Self

Tiny Tim

as Self

Ian Anderson

as Self - Jethro Tull

Alvin Lee

as Self - Ten Years After

Chick Churchill

as Self - Ten Years After

Leo Lyons

as Self - Ten Years After

Ric Lee

as Self - Ten Years After

John Wilson

as Self - Taste