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2006 Certificate 15
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In 1970, a young farmer named Michael Eavis opened his 150-acre farm to 1,5000 people who paid one pound each to watch a handful of pop and folk stars perform all weekend long, and the Glastonbury Festival was born. And for most of the past 30 years, the Worthy Farm in Glastonbury has provided a delirious outdoor concert for .. Read more

Starring Julien Temple, Michael Eavis, Nick Cave, Morrissey
Director Julien Temple
Genres Documentary

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In 1970, a young farmer named Michael Eavis opened his 150-acre farm to 1,5000 people who paid one pound each to watch a handful of pop and folk stars perform all weekend long, and the Glastonbury Festival was born. And for most of the past 30 years, the Worthy Farm in Glastonbury has provided a delirious outdoor concert for thousands of people. Julien Temple, (Director of the Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and the Fury), has spent the past few years collecting footage from every single Glastonbury Festival, ranging from professional outtakes to amateur home videos collected from attendees themselves, often retrieved from forgotten corners of closets and attics. Interweaving images of skeptical locals and stirring performances by music legends, not to mention the unbridled energy of each successive generation of youthful music fans, Glastonbury skillfully chronicles the evolution of the longest-running music festival in the world.

Starring Julien Temple, Michael Eavis, Nick Cave, Morrissey, The Prodigy, Scissor Sisters, David Gray, Bjork, Coldplay, The Kinks
Director Julien Temple
Studio PATHE DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 11 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Documentary
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 17 Jul 2006
Production year: 2006
Format DVD

Glastonbury (2 discs) (2006)

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  • Like Glastonbury itself, Julien Temples engaged documentary-portrait of the 36-year-old festival is a chaotic and... read more on Time Out

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  • 19 out of 22 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Very good documentary, far better than the

    In July 2005, when I reviewed for this website the 'official' Glastonbury Anthems 1994-2004 DVD, I started my review off thus: 'What, no David Bowie? No Pulp? No Orbital? No Orb? No Goldfrapp? No Levellers even?'. Was Julien Temple reading that? Because those six artists all appear on this wonderful documentary, I am glad to say, along with other favourites like Alabama 3 and Faithless, so it is hardly surprising that I give it five deserved stars. This is excellent - with great footage (although the 'interactive' option of choosing different songs was a little shaky at times). Snips showing tripped-out revellers enjoying the festival since 1970 (youthful John Craven reporting from the site is funny), various interviews with Michael Eavis - did you know his beard was once black? - and some great footage (the standout being Pulp singing 'Common People'). Check out disk 2 for the whole versions of each song - worth it for Goldfrapp's 'Strict Machine' alone. Hugely enjoyable, recognised many many characters I had bumped into there, and pretty up-to-date (includes for example, Babyshambles and the flooded tent area opposite the Glade, from 2005). As someone who has been to Glastonbury pretty much every time since 1990, it was great. I recognised a couple of people in the travellers' area as well, which was hilarious. This documentary has been accused by some of being disjointed, but that is part of its charm - my Glasto memories are so mixed up by years of caining it, that I can't remember what year was what either. Just made me want to take my clothes off, grab some cider from the fridge, run into my garden and shout 'I love you, world!'. Then I remembered I live in Plaistow beside West Ham Stadium, and thought better of it.

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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    So Laidback It Falls Over

    I think anybody who is a fan of Glastonbury would probably enjoy this as a souvenir. I would have liked it to have been more structured and for there to have been narration or explanatory titles. For example, some of the bands featured I didn't know, and would like to know who they are. Plus, it kept on jumping between era's and themes too much for me.

      • Lloyd Clarke from Birmingham, England
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    • 29 Jun 2009

    Actor Sean Connery has slammed the BBC - for prioritising music over movie coverage. The movie legend is patron for the Edinburgh International Film Festival which concluded on Sunday (28Jun09) in Scotland. He was shocked to discover that the annual event was not being covered by the broadcasters - while the organisation sent 300 workers to this weekend's (26-28Jun09) legendary music festival Glastonbury in south-west England. Connery told the assembled crowd, "Not one (BBC technician) at the... Read more

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