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Director:
Murray Lerner
Writer:
Murray Lerner (writer)
Tagline:
Newport is an oasis of beautiful music - and beautiful people ... who take the high road to "Festival!"
Plot:
Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
Babyshambles Shocked To Be Asked Back To Festival
 (From WENN. 1 April 2008, 12:38 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
A marvelous time-capsule of the mid-60s roots music scene. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Joan Baez ... Herself
Horton Barker ... Himself
Fiddler Beers ... Himself

Theodore Bikel ... Himself
Mike Bloomfield ... Himself
Paul Butterfield ... Himself

Johnny Cash ... Himself
Judy Collins ... Herself
Cousin Emmy ... Herself
Donovan ... Himself

Bob Dylan ... Himself
Mimi Farina ... Herself
Richard Farina ... Himself (as Dick Farina)
Ronnie Gilbert ... Herself
Mrs. Ollie Gilbert ... Herself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Newport, Rhode Island, USA

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Featured in No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) more

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
A marvelous time-capsule of the mid-60s roots music scene., 6 February 2002
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Author: tjbj from Washington, DC

Festival is sadly among the missing documents of an era in popular music that continues to fascinate. After a brief theatrical run in 1967, the film continued to show up at repertory theaters through the next decade. But with the advent of home video, problems with wider distribution arose, due to clearing music performance rights. Thus, any opportunity to see this film should be taken. Director Murray Lerner hung out at four Newport Folk Festivals (1963-1966), recording performances, interviews, and crowd shots. Editing all of this footage into less than 100 minutes of film inevitably meant compromises; there are no complete performances, the interviews are brief. But the feeling for an era remains, and the most electric moment (literally) involves that famous (or infamous) 1965 performance by Bob Dylan, when he plugged in his guitar and played with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Among the highlights are several involving veteran bluesmen like Son House breaking through to a mostly white, college-age crowd.

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