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Message to Love

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In 1970, 600,000 people descended on the Isle of Wight in England to watch a three-day music festival headlined by the Who, the Doors and Jimi Hendrix. Shot during the festival but only completed 25 years later, Murray Lerner's documentary is equal parts nostalgia and critique, contrasting the festival's classic-rock performances with its chaotic planning and financial failure. This film shows this collision between ideals and commerce at the end of an era of change.

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Michael Atkinson Spin 12/27/2022
Lerner's document is a wizened squint at the tension between hippie idealism and the backstage laws of late capitalism. Go to Full Review Brian J. Arthurs Beach Reporter (Southern California) 10/18/2002
3/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 08/29/2002
A-
...an important anthropological and historical record of a moment in our cultural history Go to Full Review Bob Grimm Las Vegas Mercury 08/13/2002
3/5
Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews 02/21/2001
3/4
The music's power dominates. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/14/2012 Bob Dylan, The Who, and Jimi Hendrix were the stars of the great show. See more 11/08/2011 Very Important, But I don't like hippies. See more 06/01/2010 Der skulle en ha vært,glimrende doku om festivalen som gi litt skeis,med masse digg musikk seff,men først og fremst en flott studie i hedonisme! See more 01/14/2010 Leonard Cohen Live at The Isle of Wight (1970) See more 12/14/2009 An amazing concert, only behind Woodstock in my opinion. From the Joni Mitchell, to Leonard Cohen, to Jimi Hendrix, to the hippie talking about marijuana on the toilet, its a great documentary. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Murray Lerner

Director

The Who

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The Doors

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Jimi Hendrix

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The Moody Blues

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Tiny Tim

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Movie Info

Synopsis In 1970, 600,000 people descended on the Isle of Wight in England to watch a three-day music festival headlined by the Who, the Doors and Jimi Hendrix. Shot during the festival but only completed 25 years later, Murray Lerner's documentary is equal parts nostalgia and critique, contrasting the festival's classic-rock performances with its chaotic planning and financial failure. This film shows this collision between ideals and commerce at the end of an era of change.
Director
Murray Lerner
Producer
Murray Lerner
Screenwriter
Murray Lerner
Production Co
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Pulsar, Initial Film and Television
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 9, 1997
Box Office (Gross USA)
$143.4K
Runtime
2h 8m