Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight 1970 (2004) (TV)

Director:

Murray Lerner

Release Date:

August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

This is the film of The Who's appearance at the third (and final) Isle of Wight festival in 1970. This is regarded as the band's finest performance. |

Plot Keywords:

Performance | 1970s | The Who | Band | Isle Of Wight

Cast

Roger Daltrey	...	Himself (The Who)
John Entwistle	...	Himself (The Who)
Keith Moon	...	Himself (The Who)
Pete Townshend	...	Himself (The Who)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ricki Farr	...	Himself
Jimi Hendrix	...	Himself
Kris Kristofferson	...	Himself
Taste	...	Themselves

Directed by
Murray Lerner

Produced by
Bill Curbishley	....	executive producer
Murray Lerner	....	producer
Robert Rosenberg	....	executive producer

Film Editing by
Greg Sheldon
Einar Westerlund

Sound Department
Rick Dior	....	sound re-recording mixer: Sync Sound
Bob Nadkarni	....	sound mixer
Ray Palagy	....	sound editor
Ivan Sharrock	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Andy Carchrae	....	camera operator
Jack Hazan	....	camera operator
Nicholas D. Knowland	....	camera operator (as Nic Knowland)
Norman G. Langley	....	camera operator
Murray Lerner	....	camera operator
Richard Stanley	....	camera operator
Charles Stewart	....	camera operator
Mike Whittaker	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Benjamin Darling	....	assistant editor
Tim Masick	....	colorist
Mike Nuget	....	on-line editor
Scot Olive	....	colorist
Bobby Thomas	....	colorist
Jay Tilin	....	on-line editor: The Tape House
Jerome Wallin	....	assistant editor (as Jerome M. Wallin)

Production Companies

• Pulsar Productions
• Trinifold Management Production

Distributors

• Eagle Rock Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Music (2000) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Isle of Wight, England, UK

Company:

Pulsar Productions

Trivia:

During The Who's performance, Pete Townshend makes a comment about "foreigners" coming in and causing problems. Earlier that weekend, a group of French anarchists tried to storm the festival and tear down the iron fence that surrounded the stage area.

Soundtrack:

'Tommy' Overture

This is amazing!

What is contained on this disk is a first rate show by a first rate band. This disc is NOT for the faint of heart...the music is incredibly intense, and VERY cool. What you will learn when you watch this movie is just why the Who was so huge for so long. It is true that their records were great, but their shows were the top of the heap. In 1969 when this concert was shot, the screaming teenie boppers that threw jelly beans at the Beatles were gone and bands (and audiences) had settled down to long and often amazing displays of musical virtuosity--something that few audiences have the intellectual curiosity to pursue in the age of canned music by Britney and Christina. What you especially learn here are the amazing things that can happen when gifted musicians are encouraged to improvise. Try the concert out, it really is amazing.