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
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
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
Full of vitality and music and, at the same time, is a little wobbly, meandering and too long. show more
