Filmmaker Julien Temple documents the 35-year musical history of the Glastonbury Festival. Farmer Michael Eavis founds the United Kingdom's longest-running rock fest, where many music fans gather annually. Featured performers include Chris Martin and Morrissey.
Release Date: February 23rd, 2007
DVD Release Date: June 12th, 2007
R |2 hr 15 min
Plot SummaryFilmmaker Julien Temple documents the 35-year musical history of the Glastonbury Festival. Farmer Michael Eavis founds the United Kingdom's longest-running rock fest, where many music fans gather annually. Featured performers include Chris Martin and Morrissey.
Director: Julien Temple
Genres: Documentary
Production Co: HanWay Films
A performance film, but sadly the majority of the performers are not the acts that have played at the long-running pop festival over 35 years, but the exhibitionists who make up the crowd. show more
Best of all though, we get to experience the whole fest itself, over four turbulent decades-an era from which Glastonbury, like Woodstock in its day, offers a halcyon "timeout." show more
Full of vitality and music and, at the same time, is a little wobbly, meandering and too long. show more