Michael
2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 1968
Monterey Pop
Directed by
D. A. Pennebaker
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 …
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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.
Cast
Scott McKenzieSelf
Denny DohertySelf - Mamas and the Papas
Cass ElliotSelf - Mamas and the Papas
John PhillipsSelf - Mamas and the Papas
Michelle PhillipsSelf - Mamas and the Papas
Frank CookSelf - Canned Heat
Bob HiteSelf - Canned Heat
Larry TaylorSelf - Canned Heat
Henry VestineSelf - Canned Heat
Paul SimonSelf - Simon and Garfunkel
Art GarfunkelSelf - Simon and Garfunkel
Hugh MasekelaSelf
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Marty BalinSelf - Jefferson Airplane
Jack CasadySelf - Jefferson Airplane
Spencer DrydenSelf - Jefferson Airplane
Paul KantnerSelf - Jefferson Airplane
Jorma KaukonenSelf - Jefferson Airplane
Grace SlickSelf - Jefferson Airplane
Peter AlbinSelf - Big Brother and The Holding Company
Sam AndrewSelf - Big Brother and The Holding Company
Dave GetzSelf - Big Brother and The Holding Company
James GurleySelf - Big Brother and The Holding Company
Janis JoplinSelf
Eric BurdonSelf - Eric Burdon and The Animals
Vic BriggsSelf - Eric Burdon and The Animals
Barry JenkinsSelf - Eric Burdon and The Animals
Danny McCullochSelf - Eric Burdon and The Animals
John WeiderSelf - Eric Burdon and The Animals
Roger DaltreySelf - The Who
John EntwistleSelf - The Who
Keith MoonSelf - The Who
Pete TownshendSelf - The Who
Bruce BartholSelf - Country Joe and The Fish
David CohenSelf - Country Joe and The Fish
Chicken HirshSelf - Country Joe and The Fish
Country Joe McDonaldSelf - Country Joe and The Fish
Barry MeltonSelf - Country Joe and The Fish
Otis ReddingSelf
Jimi HendrixSelf
Ravi ShankarSelf
Kamala ChakravartySelf - Performer, with Ravi Shankar (uncredited)
Steve CropperSelf - Booker T. & the MG's (uncredited)
David CrosbySelf (uncredited)
Micky DolenzSelf - Audience Member (uncredited)
Donald 'Duck' DunnSelf - Booker T. & the MG's (uncredited)
Al Jackson Jr.Self - Booker T. & the MG's (uncredited)
Brian JonesSelf (uncredited)
Mitch MitchellSelf - Performer, with Jimi Hendrix (uncredited)
Laura NyroSelf - Performer (uncredited)
Alla RakhaSelf - Performer, with Ravi Shankar (uncredited)
Noel ReddingSelf - Performer, with Jimi Hendrix (uncredited)
Johnny RiversSelf - Performer (uncredited)
Tom SmothersSelf (uncredited)
Carol WayneSelf - Audience Member (uncredited)
Booker T. JonesSelf - Booker T. & the MG's (uncredited)
Gypsy BootsSelf (Uncredited)
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