Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival, the Movie Movie Review 1970

In 1970, some half a million people came to the Isle of Wight (off the southern coast of England) for a five-day music festival that featured such performers as Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, The Who, Jethro Tull, Joan Baez, and more. Filmmaker Murray Lerner shot more than 175 hours of footage at the time and spent 25 years trying to complete his film.

Distribution

Sony Music Entertainment Inc., 550 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022, Phone: (212)833-8000, URL: http://www.sonymusic.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 126 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Music--Performance, Music--Pop/Rock

Cast

Jim Morrison, Roger Daltrey, John Entwhistle, Keith Moon, Ian Anderson, Pete Townshend, Tiny Tim, John Sebastian, Donovan, Kris Kristofferson, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Leonard Cohen, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez

Cinematography

Jack Hazan, Nicholas D. Knowland, Norman G. Langley, Andy Carchrae, Richard Stanley, Charles Stewart, Mike Whittaker

Director

Murray Lerner