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Monterey Pop (1968)

  • Rated Not Rated
  • 1hr 18m
  • 77

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  • Trailer for Monterey Pop: 50th Anniversary

Movie Info & Cast

Director:

D.A. Pennebaker

Producer:

Lou Adler, John Phillips

Runtime:

1hr 18m

Synopsis

A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival.

Cast

  • Scott McKenzie
  • Denny Doherty
  • Country Joe McDonald
  • Otis Redding
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Ravi Shankar

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Metacritic

77
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Based on 4 Critics
7.3

USER SCORE (4)

Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Reviews
80

Though there's considerable footage of hippie activity (crafting kites, sleeping) and moments of prelapsarian frisson (a cop warns that there's talk of the Hell's Angels coming down), the film is resolutely performance-driven.

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Metacritic review by Jessica Winter
Jessica Winter
Village Voice
75

It captures their magic with a freewheeling spontaneity that became a model for later pop-music movies.

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Metacritic review by David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
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