Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival (1997)

Director:

Murray Lerner

Writer:

Murray Lerner (writer)

Release Date:

21 February 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | History | Music

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Isle Of Wight | Performance | 1970s | Island | Microphone

Cast

Ian Anderson	...	Himself (Jethro Tull)
Joan Baez	...	Herself
Martin Barre	...	Himself (Lead guitarist, Jethro Tull)
Chick Churchill	...	Himself (Ten Years After)
Leonard Cohen	...	Himself
Billy Cox	...	Himself (Jimi Hendrix's Bassist)
Roger Daltrey	...	Himself (The Who)
Miles Davis	...	Himself
John Densmore	...	Himself (The Doors)
Donovan	...	Himself
The Doors	...	Themselves
Graeme Edge	...	Himself (The Moody Blues)
Keith Emerson	...	Himself (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
Emerson Lake and Palmer	...	Themselves
John Entwistle	...	Himself (The Who)
Ricki Farr	...	Himself - Master of Ceremonies
Andy Fraser	...	Himself (Free)
Free	...	Themselves
Rory Gallagher	...	Himself (Lead guitarist, Taste)
Justin Hayward	...	Himself (The Moody Blues)
Jimi Hendrix	...	Himself
Jethro Tull	...	Themselves
Simon Kirke	...	Himself (Free)
Paul Kossoff	...	Himself (Free)
Robby Krieger	...	Himself (The Doors)
Kris Kristofferson	...	Himself
Greg Lake	...	Himself (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
Alvin Lee	...	Himself (Ten Years After)
Ric Lee	...	Himself (Ten Years After)
John Lodge	...	Himself (The Moody Blues)
Leo Lyons	...	Himself (Ten Years After)
Ray Manzarek	...	Himself (The Doors)
Richard McCracken	...	Himself (Drummer, Taste).
Joni Mitchell	...	Herself
Mitch Mitchell	...	Himself (Jimi Hendrix's Drummer)
The Moody Blues	...	Themselves
Keith Moon	...	Himself (The Who)
Jim Morrison	...	Himself (The Doors)
Carl Palmer	...	Himself (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
Mike Pinder	...	Himself (The Moody Blues)
Paul Rodgers	...	Himself (Free)
John Sebastian	...	Himself
Taste	...	Themselves
Ray Thomas	...	Himself (The Moody Blues)
Tiny Tim	...	Himself
Pete Townshend	...	Himself (The Who)
The Who	...	Themselves
John Wilson	...	Himself (Drummer, Taste)
Ten Years After	...	Themselves

Also Known As:

Message of Love: The Isle of Wight Festival: The Movie (USA) (video title)
Message to Love (UK)

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Isle of Wight, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

'Kris Kristofferson' performed twice during the festival. The footage of him performing "Me and Bobby McGee" was from his first performance.

Quotes:

Bert "The Agent": Tiny Tim's straight, I don't know what times he's going on, we had to give him the money first, can't sing with his ukulele without the money, it doesn't tune-up without the money Murray, you understand? Right in cash, in Pounds, they're in there counting it now.

Soundtrack:

Woodstock

testimonial

i was there, 20 years old, with 2 other Italian friends (on a blue 500 fiat car), sleeping in 2 Canadian tents: Italians were a lot, anyway, and we met a few of them in Amsterdam - desolation row was full of french people, and many people were just taking' hard drugs, not even trying' to move from their sleeping' bags- i've recognized myself, thanks to you-tube excerpt, in the movie (that i'm gonna by via amazon tonight), and after 37 yrs i remember the camera that was shooting' me (sayin' then to my friends: i'm sure they will cut me out) - i remember also running' all the time to find a place, and a feeling' of tiredness, because of our long traveling' from Italy, via Yugoslavia, and then Holland, and then england (taking' with us coffee, pasta and Italian food, you know ;-) - real problem was the WC (don't talk about) - i bought in advance the tickets by mail, but we're the few, and the day people broke the fence was scary, really - the atmosphere, to be true, was more like a busy busy mess as a bee kingdom, and the weather not bad - the final night was like apocalypse now, in a way: i got fever and stomach illness :-( while Hendrix playing i went back late, tons of soda cans like Egyptian pyramids, fires everywhere, and fish&chips stands selling' for nearly nothing' all that remained - so we're finally eating' like wolves - OK, folks, that's all, for the moment - i have few b/w pix too (anyone interested?)

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PS any site of people who were there?