Shake! Otis at Monterey

Movie
TitleShake! Otis at Monterey
User score

7.2

Release dateOct 16, 1987
GenreDocumentary, Music
DirectorD. A. Pennebaker , Chris Hegedus
Production countryUnited States of America
Production companiesHBO/Cinemax Documentary, Pennebaker Associates Inc.
Run time19 min.

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.

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