Movies:
Glastonbury
DVD Release
- Release Date: 2007
- Disc One:
- Glastonbury feature film presented in 16:9 full frame
- Disc Two:
- Uncut performances from: Foo Fighters, Paul McCartney, The White Stripes, & more
- Additional interviews with: James Brown, Coldplay, Oasis' Neil Gallagher, & more
- Freeing the Spirit: Glastonbury 1999
- Filmmaker commentary with director Julien Temple and Jarvis Cocker
- 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
- Closed captioned
- Previews
- Festival goer interviews
- Glastonbury Ceremony
- Theatrical trailer
- Rating:
- Genre: Music
- Movie Type: Music History, Biography
- Director: Julien Temple
- Main Cast: Michael Eavis, T. Rex, Radiohead, R.E.M., Coldplay
- Release Year: 2006
- Country: UK
- Run Time: 138 minutes
- MPAA Rating: R
Plot
In 1970, a music aficionado and entrepreneur named Michael Eavis staged a "pop, folk, and blues" festival on a dairy farm in the English community of Glastonbury, not far from Stonehenge. 1,500 attended the "Glastonbury Fayre," and a second festival followed in 1971. By 2005, The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts had grown into the biggest pop music festival in the world, playing host to the biggest names in rock, reggae, electronic, blues, and world music for a crowd of up to 150,000 people over the course of a three-day weekend in June. Filmmaker Julien Temple offers a backstage look at the history of this event, as well as a cross section of the memorable performances which have taken place on the festival's stage in the documentary Glastonbury. Performers featured in archival footage include R.E.M., David Bowie, New Order, Radiohead, Coldplay, the Velvet Underground, Nick Cave, Oasis, Blur, Björk, and many more. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie GuideCast
- Michael Eavis
- T. Rex
- Radiohead
- R.E.M.
- Coldplay
Oasis; Pulp; Blur; The Chemical Brothers; Joe Strummer; Primal Scream; Fatboy Slim; Rolf Harris; Ray Davies; Alabama 3; Nick Cave; Massive Attack; Tinariwen; Faithless; Dr. John; Orbital; The Prodigy; Melanie; Richie Havens; New Order; David Gray; Babyshambles; Skatalites; Stereo MC's; The Velvet Underground; Scissor Sisters; Alice Coltrane; David Bowie; Paul McCartney; Van Morrison; Björk
