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Shake! Otis at Monterey

1987 · 19m · Documentary, Music

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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Cast

• Otis Redding as Self
• Steve Cropper as Self - Booker T. & the MG's
• Donald 'Duck' Dunn as Self - Booker T. & the MG's
• Al Jackson Jr. as Self - Booker T. & the MG's (archive footage)
• Booker T. Jones as Self - Booker T. & the MG's
• Tom Smothers as Self
• Wayne Jackson as Self - The Mar-Keys
• Andrew Love as Self - The Mar-Keys
• Floyd Newman as Self - The Mar-Keys

Details

Director

D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus

Released

October 16, 1987

Runtime

19m

Genres

Documentary, Music

Studio

HBO/Cinemax Documentary and Pennebaker Associates Inc.

Status

Released

TMDB score

7.4 / 10 from 35 votes