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was not a cult hit like the other festival films, viewings have been rather tough over the decades. But this is an absorbing film of what a festival's like when you're not being crushed by hundreds of thousands of drunks. This is just a few thousand folks tripping out with room to roam. Roeg and his
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said, "Indeed, there are scenes of stark-naked hippies rolling around in said mud as if they were imitating what they had seen in the far more famous music documentary of
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crew do get deep into the activities of the four days. They are willing to explore the various spiritual moments that took play with various religious leaders in between the songs. They get as good a view of the audience as the performers."
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233:Terry Reid
200:is a 1972
181:87 minutes
136:Production
74:Terry Reid
44:Peter Neal
1259:Walkabout
1188:Worthy FM
1050:Charities
1036:The Glade
558:27 August
401:" at the
399:Dark Star
138:companies
1347:Puffball
1315:Track 29
1307:Castaway
1183:Line-ups
1057:WaterAid
494:See also
477:In 2021
469:In 2020
455:In 2019
443:In 2018
433:In 2009
214:Somerset
186:Language
67:Starring
1124:(album)
608:25 July
503:(album)
320:Traffic
298:Melanie
229:Melanie
221:Traffic
189:English
165:1972-05
163: (
126:Traffic
97:Melanie
1439:(1996)
1431:(1995)
1423:(1993)
1415:(1989)
1396:(1972)
1377:(1995)
1369:(1987)
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1294:(1983)
1291:Eureka
1286:(1980)
1278:(1976)
1270:(1973)
1262:(1971)
1254:(1970)
1116:(film)
1029:Arenas
937:Events
583:8 July
574:"1971"
528:(film)
312:(with
270:Family
235:, and
92:Family
1062:Oxfam
726:Uncut
436:Uncut
379:Album
251:Music
1004:2024
999:2023
994:2022
989:2019
984:2017
979:2016
974:2015
969:2014
964:2013
959:2011
954:2010
949:2009
944:2008
860:IMDb
837:2021
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633:2021
610:2014
585:2020
560:2024
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