Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)
Jimi Hendrix's debut American set at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival is generally considered one of the most radical and legendary live shows ever. Virtually unknown to American audiences at the time, even though he was already an established entity in the UK, Hendrix and his two-piece Experience explode on stage, ripping through blues classics "Rock Me Baby" and Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor," interpreting and electrifying Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," debuting songs from his yet-to-be-released first album and closing with the now historic sacrificing/burning of his guitar during an unhinged version of "Wild Thing" that even its writer Chip Taylor would never have imagined. Hendrix uses feedback and distortion to enhance the songs in whisper-to-scream intensity, blazing territory that had not been previously explored with as much soul-frazzled power.
Directors: Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker.
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John Phillips as Narrator (voice) |
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Jimi Hendrix as Self (archive footage) |
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Noel Redding as Self (archive footage) |
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Mitch Mitchell as Self (archive footage) |
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Art Garfunkel as Self (archive footage) |
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George Harrison as Self (archive footage) |
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Mick Jagger as Self (archive footage) |
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Brian Jones as Self (archive footage) |
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Janis Joplin as Self (archive footage) |
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John Lennon as Self (archive footage) |
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Paul McCartney as Self (archive footage) |
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Charles Shaar Murray as Self - Commentary |
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Ringo Starr as Self (archive footage) |
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Denny Dent as Street Painter |
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Michelle Phillips as Self (archive footage) |
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Cass Elliot as Self (archive footage) |
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Otis Redding as Self (archive footage) |
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Pete Townshend as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Chris Hegedus | Director |
| Directing | D. A. Pennebaker | Director |
| Editing | D. A. Pennebaker | Editor |
| Editing | Alan Douglas | Editor |
| Editing | David Dawkins | Editor |
| Production | Alan Douglas | Producer |
| Production | Frazer Pennebaker | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Chris Hegedus | Editor |
| Production | Chip Branton | Production Consultant |
| Art | Frank Gauna | Main Title Designer |
| Sound | Robert Van Dyke | Additional Sound Re-Recordist |
| Sound | Mark Linett | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Al Hendrix | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Joe Gastwirt | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Chip Monck | Lighting Artist |
| Directing | Bob Neuwirth | Stage Director |
| Camera | Albert Maysles | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Nick Doob | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Nicholas T. Proferes | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Barry Feinstein | Camera Operator |
| Camera | D. A. Pennebaker | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Roger Murphy | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Richard Leacock | Camera Operator |
