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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. This fiftieth-anniversary edition presents Monterey Pop in a new 4K restoration.

Special Features:

• New 16-bit 4K digital restoration, supervised by director D. A. Pennebaker
• Alternate soundtrack featuring a 5.1 surround mix by recording engineer Eddie Kramer
• Audio commentary from 2002 featuring Pennebaker and festival producer Lou Adler
• New and archival interviews with Adler and Pennebaker
• Chiefs (1968), a short film by Richard Leacock, which played alongside Monterey Pop in theaters
• Audio interviews with festival producer John Phillips, festival publicist Derek Taylor, and performers Cass Elliot and David Crosby
• Photo-essay by Elaine Mayes
• Festival program
• Trailers and radio spots
• Essays by critics Michael Chaiken and Armond White