Festival
Theatrical release poster with Donovan and Joan Baez
Directed byMurray Lerner
Written byMurray Lerner
Produced byMurray Lerner [1]
CinematographyMurray Lerner
Stanley Meredith
Francis Grumman
George Pickow
Edited byHoward Alk
Production
company
Patchke Productions
Distributed byPeppercorn-Wormser
Release date
December 5, 1967 (1967-12-05)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Festival (stylized as Festival!) is a 1967 American documentary film about the Newport Folk Festivals of the mid-1960’s, and the burgeoning counterculture movement of the era, written, produced, and directed by Murray Lerner.

Plot

Though the movie was subtitled "Folk Music at Newport 1963–1966," it was filmed over the course of three festivals at Newport (1963-1965)[2] and also features Bob Dylan's controversial 1965 electric set at Newport.

Reception

Roger Ebert gave the film 3+1⁄2 out of four stars. His highest praise was for the editors, explaining, "They make their points quietly, with humor and understatement. The result is marvelously entertaining." He also gave credit to Lerner for making "full use of the strength of documentary film, the ability to catch unrehearsed moments that reveal personality."[3]

Accolades

Festival was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1968.[4]

Musicians

The film features appearances by the following artists:[5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Documentary Oscars® in 1968
  2. ↑ Liner notes of the 2005 DVD release of Festival! says, "Murray filmed three years at Newport, 1963, 1964 and 1965."
  3. ↑ Ebert, Roger. "Festival" (film review), RogerEbert.com, Tuesday, May 21, 1968. Retrieved November 8, 2021
  4. ↑ 1968|Oscars.org|Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  5. ↑ Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). Cowie, Peter (ed.). World Filmography: 1967. Vol. 1. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 572. ISBN 9780498015656.
  6. ↑ "Festival!: Newport Folk Festival (DVD)". allmusic.com. AllMusic. 1967. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Festival (1967)". imdb.com. IMDb. 1967. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
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