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Shake! Otis at Monterey
Shake! Otis at Monterey
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  2. Shake! Otis at Monterey

Shake! Otis at Monterey

1987
19m
Documentary
Music

Status

Released

Release

1987

Runtime

19m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

Provider type

Streaming

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Storyline

Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. Comedian Tom Smothers introduces Redding to a crowd that is leaving -- until Redding grabs them with his charged rendition of "Shake." Redding's performance also includes "Respect" (which he wrote), "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Satisfaction," and "Try a Little Tenderness." Tragically, Redding died in a plane crash six months later. An innovative filmmaker who started in the 1950s making experimental films, Pennebaker garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature in 1993 for The War Room, his behind-the-scenes look at Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. His other subjects have included Norman Mailer, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
19m
Oct 16, 1987
Languages
English
Director
D. A. Pennebaker
D. A. Pennebaker
Chris Hegedus
Chris Hegedus
Production
HBO/Cinemax Documentary
HBO/Cinemax Documentary
Pennebaker Associates Inc.
Pennebaker Associates Inc.
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

9 Cast Members

Otis Redding

Otis Redding

Self

Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper

Self - Booker T. & the MG's

Donald 'Duck' Dunn

Donald 'Duck' Dunn

Self - Booker T. & the MG's

Al Jackson Jr.

Self - Booker T. & the MG's (archive footage)

Booker T. Jones

Booker T. Jones

Self - Booker T. & the MG's

Tom Smothers

Tom Smothers

Self

Wayne Jackson

Self - The Mar-Keys

Andrew Love

Self - The Mar-Keys

Floyd Newman

Self - The Mar-Keys

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