Directed by:
D.A. PennebakerCast:
Scott McKenzie, Art Garfunkel, Janis Joplin, Roger Daltrey, Eric Burdon, Grace Slick, Otis Redding, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding, Laura Nyro (more)Plots(1)
On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the beginning of the Summer of Love, the Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey featured career-making performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few of the performers in a wildly diverse lineup that included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic vérité style - and a camera crew that included the likes of Albert Maysles and Richard Leacock - D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend smashing his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his, Mama Cass watching Janis Joplin’s performance in awe. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Scott McKenzie
USA
![Art Garfunkel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/419/419057_ca3995.jpg)
Art Garfunkel
USA
Best movies:
Catch-22 (1970)
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
Bad Timing (1980)
![Janis Joplin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273265_fd912e.jpg)
Janis Joplin
USA
Best movies:
Kozmic Blues (2007)
Petulia (1968)
![Roger Daltrey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/284/163284205_16bafd.jpg)
Roger Daltrey
UK
Best movies:
The Who: At Kilburn 1977 (1977) (concert)
The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992) (concert)
The Who: Tommy - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2017) (concert)
Eric Burdon
UK
Grace Slick
USA
Best movies:
Jackie's Back! (1999) (TV movie)
Otis Redding
USA
Brian Jones
UK
![Jimi Hendrix](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/762/160762942_44c40e.jpg)
Jimi Hendrix
USA
Best movies:
Psych-Out (1968)
Noel Redding
UK
Laura Nyro
USA
Booker T. Jones
USA
Best movies:
Songwriter (1984)
A Star Is Born (1976)
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
![Michelle Phillips](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394680_bd04b5.jpg)
Michelle Phillips
USA
Best movies:
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989) (TV movie)
Dillinger (1973)
Bloodline (1979)
![Pete Townshend](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396142_a63549.jpg)
Pete Townshend
UK
Best movies:
The Who: At Kilburn 1977 (1977) (concert)
The Who: Tommy - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2017) (concert)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979) (theatrical recording)
![Keith Moon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/585/158585037_e9e846.jpg)
Keith Moon
UK
Best movies:
The Who: At Kilburn 1977 (1977) (concert)
Tommy (1975)
200 Motels (1971)
![Johnny Rivers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/253/158253712_6c0e4a.jpg)
Johnny Rivers
USA
Best movies:
Sgt. Pepper (1978)
![Ravi Shankar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160089_4fed2f.jpg)
Ravi Shankar
India
Best movies:
Chappaqua (1966)
Hugh Masekela
South Africa
Best movies:
A Dry White Season (1989)
Sam Andrew
USA
Barry Melton
Best movies:
More American Graffiti (1979)