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A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival.A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival.A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Country Joe McDonald
- Performers
- (as Country Joe and The Fish)
Denny Doherty
- Performers
- (as Mamas and the Papas)
Cass Elliot
- Performers
- (as Mamas and the Papas)
The Mamas and the Papas
- Themselves
- (as Mamas and Papas)
John Phillips
- Performers
- (as Mamas and the Papas)
Michelle Phillips
- Performers
- (as Mamas and the Papas)
Frank Cook
- Performers
- (as Canned Heat)
Bob Hite
- Performers
- (as Canned Heat)
Henry Vestine
- Performers
- (as Canned Heat)
Alan Wilson
- Performers
- (as Canned Heat)
Art Garfunkel
- Performers
- (as Simon and Garfunkel)
Paul Simon
- Performers
- (as Simon and Garfunkel)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough they declined the invitation to perform because they had sworn off touring permanently, all four of The Beatles were on the festival's board of directors. George Harrison had helped recommend Ravi Shankar, and Paul McCartney had pushed for the organizers to sign Jimi Hendrix, who was unknown in the United States at the time.
- GoofsIn the opening credits, a hand-drawn title says "IN ORDER OF PEFORMANCE", misspelling the word "PERFORMANCE".
- Quotes
Female Fan: I think its gonna be like Easter and Christmas and New Year's and your Birthday all together, you know! Hearing all the different bands, you know. It's just, like, I've heard a lot of them; but, all at the same time - it's going to be too much. I mean, the vibrations are just going to be floating everywhere!
- Alternate versionsThe 1997 video version includes as an appendix The Who's performance of "A Quick One While He's Away."
- ConnectionsEdited into The Kids Are Alright (1979)
- SoundtracksSan Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
Written by John Phillips
Performed by Scott McKenzie
Studio version, played over film footage of pre-concert activity.
Featured review
A most excellent time capsule of a period. No questions. If you want to see what the sixties were like...Then watch. This really does put in a time capsule more of the generation than anything I've seen. You can feel the shift happening via the music. I vote this is infinitely more important than Woodstock because the movement was already in full swing at that point. Witness the birth of so much of what we still are listening to today. This is the real unadulterated thing. Kudos to the "Criterion Collection"! If only Otis Redding would have lived longer?There is no telling the musical legacy he was going to leave? Based on the incendiary performance here it would have been formidable. This is a must see for anyone interested in the procession of rock through all the permutations of soul and blues. Not to be missed.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Monterrey Pop
- Filming locations
- Monterey County Fairgrounds - 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey, California, USA(location of the festival)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,524
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,524
- Aug 26, 2001
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- 4-Track Stereo(original release)
- Mono(original release)
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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