When a young concert promoter launches a festival in 1969 to revive the Kings of Rock ‘n’ Roll, a chain of unimaginable events manifests the 11th hour arrival of John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band, triggering Lennon’s decision to leave the Beatles forever.
REVIVAL69: The Concert That Rocked the World, is the remarkable, behind-the-scenes story of how a little known, but life-altering music festival came together — against all odds. Young, scrappy concert promoter John Brower puts his life on the line (literally) to turn his failing Toronto Rock n Roll Revival into a one-day event, later coined in rock mythology as “the second most important event in rock n’ roll history.” And it almost didn't happen. The festival united rock legends and the almost famous, but it was the 11th hour arrival of John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band that ignited a truly seminal moment for the 20,000 fans at Toronto’s Varsity Stadium, triggering Lennon's final decision to leave the Beatles forever.
Director: Ron Chapman
Writer: Phyllis Ellis
Featured: Alice Cooper, Klaus Voormann, Alan White
Trish Dolman, Ron Chapman, Sally Blake
Henry Less, Mark Slone, Kirk D’Amico, Donn Alan Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus, Frazer Pennebaker
As a cold front moves in here at SXSW headquarters, the Film & TV Festival lineup heats up with Visions, Global presented by MUBI, 24 Beats,
