Monterey Pop poster
Director D. A. Pennebaker

Monterey Pop

Tagline: Do you know where your kids are hanging out tonight?

Release Date: 1968-12-26

Duration: 80 minutes

Synopsis

Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival are on film, some of the notable acts include the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis Redding, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix's post-performance antics -- lighting a guitar on fire, breaking it and tossing a part into the audience -- are captured.

Casting

  • Michelle Phillips
    Self - Mamas and the Papas
  • Micky Dolenz
    Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
  • Roger Daltrey
    Self - The Who
  • Janis Joplin
    Self
  • Eric Burdon
    Self - Eric Burdon and The Animals
  • Keith Moon
    Self - The Who
  • Paul Simon
    Self - Simon and Garfunkel
  • Art Garfunkel
    Self - Simon and Garfunkel
  • Jimi Hendrix
    Self
  • Pete Townshend
    Self - The Who