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Message to Love is a feature documentary film of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970. The film unsparingly, often comically depicts the myriad problems associated with the famously chaotic festival—the main program of which was held on August 26–30, 1970—including gate-crashing, numerous crowd incursions onto the stage, Kris Kristofferson being booed offstage, and head promoter Rikki Farr's rants against the audience, which only intensified as the situation deteriorated: "We put this festival on, you bastards, with a lot of love! We worked for one year for you pigs! And you wanna break our walls down and you wanna destroy it? Well you go to hell!"
Original Release
02/15/1996
US Release
02/21/1997
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ian Anderson | Self (Jethro Tull) / Self - Jethro Tull |
| Joan Baez | Self |
| Martin Barre | Self (Lead guitarist, Jethro Tull) |
| John Bonham | Self |
| Clive Bunker | Self (Drummer, Jethro Tull) |
| Chick Churchill | Self (Ten Years After) / Self - Ten Years After |
| Leonard Cohen | Self |
| Billy Cox | Self (Jimi Hendrix's Bassist) |
| Roger Daltrey | Self (The Who) |
| Miles Davis | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ian Anderson | Self (Jethro Tull) / Self - Jethro Tull |
| Joan Baez | Self |
| Martin Barre | Self (Lead guitarist, Jethro Tull) |
| John Bonham | Self |
| Clive Bunker | Self (Drummer, Jethro Tull) |
| Chick Churchill | Self (Ten Years After) / Self - Ten Years After |
| Leonard Cohen | Self |
| Billy Cox | Self (Jimi Hendrix's Bassist) |
| Roger Daltrey | Self (The Who) |
| Miles Davis | Self |
| John Densmore | Self (The Doors) |
| Donovan | Self |
| The Doors | Themselves |
| Graeme Edge | Self (The Moody Blues) / Self - The Moody Blues |
| Keith Emerson | Self (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) / Self |
| John Entwistle | Self (The Who) |
| Ricki Farr | Self - Master of Ceremonies |
| Andy Fraser | Self (Free) |
| Free | Themselves |
| Rory Gallagher | Self (Lead guitarist, Taste) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Malcolm Gerrie | Executive Producer |
| Geoff Kempin | Executive Producer |
| Avril MacRory | Executive Producer |
| Rocky Oldham | Executive Producer |
| Murray Lerner | Producer |
