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THE COMPLETE MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL
complete 3-disc boxset


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Criterion Collection # 167-169
DVD Release Date: November 12, 2002


Directors: D. A. Pennebaker | Chris Hegedus

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Description
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On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decadeÆs spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey would launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few among a wildly diverse cast that included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic verite style, D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend destroying his guitar; Hendrix burning his. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the most comprehensive document of the Monterey International Pop Festival ever produced, featuring the films Monterey Pop, Jimi Plays Monterey, and Shake! Otis at Monterey, along with every available complete performance filmed by Pennebaker and his crew.

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CONTENTS
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DISC ONE
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MONTEREY POP (1968, 78 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0064689/


# Audio commentary by Festival producer Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker.
# New video interview with Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker Audio interviews with Festival producer John Phillips.
Festival publicist Derek Taylor, and performers Cass Elliot and David Crosby.
# Photo essay by photographer Elaine Mayes.
# Original theatrical trailer.
# Original theatrical radio spots.


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DISC TWO
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JIMI PLAYS MONTEREY (1986, 50 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0093312/

# New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by D.A. Pennebaker.
# New 5.1 mix by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in Dolby Digital and DTS.
# Audio commentary by music critic and historian Charles Shaar Murray.
# Trailer.
# Excerpt from an interview with Pete Townshend.


SHAKE! OTIS AT MONTEREY (1989, 19 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0093951/


# New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by D.A. Pennebaker.
# New 5.1 mix by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in Dolby Digital and DTS.
# Two audio commentaries by music critic and historian Peter Guralnick: on Otis ReddingÆs Monterey performance, song by song.
and on Redding before and after Monterey.
# Interview with Phil Walden, Otis Redding's manager from 1959 to 1967

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DISC THREE
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THE OUTTAKES PERFORMANCES

"In June of 1967, an estimated 200,000 people converged upon the northern Californian coast for one reason: a weekend of "music, love and flowers." Over three glorious days, 32 actsùspanning continents and genresùmade their music known. But the constraints of filmmaking prevented director D.A. Pennbaker from including many remarkable performances. These rare outtakes, captured by Pennbaker's crew, offer another look at the weekend that used in a new era of music."

DVD info: 

Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 6.55 + 5.34 + 7.29 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (total): 270 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Sound (main features): English DD5.1 | DTS

Subtitles: none


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