Shake! Otis at Monterey

Name: Shake! Otis at Monterey
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1987-10-16
Rating: 7.4

7.4(35)

19m

1987

Released

en

Documentary Music

Overview

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.

Release Date

October 16, 1987

Production

HBO/Cinemax Documentary, Pennebaker Associates Inc.

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Cast

9 people

Otis Redding

Self

Acting

Steve Cropper

Self - Booker T. & the MG's

Acting

Donald 'Duck' Dunn

Self - Booker T. & the MG's

Acting

Al Jackson Jr.

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

Acting

Booker T. Jones

Self - Booker T. & the MG's

Acting

Tom Smothers

Self

Acting

Wayne Jackson

Self - The Mar-Keys

Acting

Andrew Love

Self - The Mar-Keys

Acting

Floyd Newman

Self - The Mar-Keys

Acting

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