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The Monterey International Pop Festival Foundation
Directed by: D.A. Pennebaker
On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey would launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few among a wildly diverse cast 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, D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend destroying his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this timeless document of a landmark event.
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Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Interview, Audio Interview, Video Essay, Theatrical Trailer, Radio Advertisement, Gallery, Outtakes, Booklet
- Audio commentary by Festival producer Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker
- Video interview with Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker from 2002
- Audio interviews with festival producer John Phillips, festival publicist Derek Taylor, and performers Cass Elliot and David Crosby
- Photo-essay by photographer Elaine Mayes
- Original theatrical trailer
- Radio spots
- Monterey Pop Festival scrapbook
- Two hours of performances not included in Monterey Pop, from the Association, Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Blues Project, the Byrds, Country Joe and the Fish, the Electric Flag, Jefferson Airplane, Al Kooper, the Mamas and the Papas, Laura Nyro, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Simon and Garfunkel, Tiny Tim, and the Who
- Booklet featuring essays by critics Michael Lydon, Barney Hoskyns, and Armond White
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Producer: Kim Hendrickson
Artwork: Neil Kellerhouse
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Monterey Pop
Monterey Pop is presented in it original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. Supervised by director D.A. Pennebaker, this high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit Datacine from the original 16mm A/B camera reversal and the 35mm duplicate negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter, and flicker were manually removed using MTI's DRS system and Pixel Farm's PFClean system, while Digital Vision's DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain, and noise reduction.
The soundtrack was remixed by Eddie Kramer from the original analog 8-track tapes made at the concerts by Wally Heider, and conformed to picture by Ted Hall at POP Sound, Santa Monica. The soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD.
The soundtrack was remixed by Eddie Kramer from the original analog 8-track tapes made at the concerts by Wally Heider, and conformed to picture by Ted Hall at POP Sound, Santa Monica. The soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD.