Murray Lerner

The Doors: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival

Murray Lerner, John Albarian

Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek

Filmed on August 1970, 2AM, in front of 600,000 people, with Jim Morrison’s ongoing Miami obscenity trial still weighing heavily on the band, they traverse such staples as “Roadhouse Blues”, “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”, and “Light My Fire”.

Magic Journeys

Murray Lerner

Magic Journeys is a 3D film created by WED Enterprises for presentation at Disney theme parks. Originally shown at the Imagination Pavilion at Disney's EPCOT Center in Florida, it featured at four different parks in the US and Japan over the course of its 11-year run.

The Moody Blues: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival

Murray Lerner

Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward

In late August 1970, shortly after the release of their album "A Question Of Balance," The Moody Blues took to the stage of the Isle of Wight Festival in front of an audience estimated at over half a million. The band were at their creative and commercial peak after a succession of albums that had enjoyed unprecedented global success. This film from award winning director Murray Lerner combines the band's live performance from the 1970 festival with archive footage and new interview with Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, John Lodge and Mike Pinder setting the band's performance in the context of the time. Tracks include: - Gypsy - Tuesday Afternoon - Never Comes The Day - Tortoise And The Hare - Question - The Sunset - Melancholy Man - Nights In White Satin - Legend Of A Mind - Encore: Ride My See Saw

Listening to You: The Who Live at the Isle of Wight

Murray Lerner

Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend

Mod rockers the Who are captured live by director Murray Lerner at the legendary Isle of Wight festival in 1970, attended by 600,000 people. All the old classics are included in a typically energetic set; Moon the Loon, Roger the Dodger and Pete... the guitarist. And John Entwistle on bass. This is the first DVD release, without the extra material found on the DVD/Blu-ray re-release of 2006.

Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

Murray Lerner

Leonard Cohen, Kris Kristofferson

Forty summers ago on a windswept island just off England's southern coastline, a young Canadian folksinger-songwriter-poet-novelist named Leonard Cohen delivered the performance of a lifetime.

Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who

Murray Lerner, Paul Crowder

Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend

A documentary on The Who, featuring interviews with the band's two surviving members, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey.

Bob Dylan: The Other Side of the Mirror - Live at the Newport Folk Festival

Murray Lerner

Bob Dylan, Joan Baez

An unvarnished chronicle of Bob Dylan's metamorphosis from folk to rock musician via appearances at the Newport Folk Festival between 1963 and 1965.

Miles Electric - A Different Kind Of Blue

Murray Lerner

Joni Mitchell

Documentary about Miles Davis' legendary gig at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 1970. Includes full live footage and recent interviews with band mates and others.

Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival

Murray Lerner

Jimi Hendrix, Paul Rodgers

In August 1970, 600,000 fans flocked to the Isle of Wight to witness the third and final festival to be held on the island. Besides the music, they also got a look at the greed, cynicism and corruption that would plague the music industry for years to come. They also witnessed the final, drugged out performance of Jimi Hendrix in England just two weeks before he would meet a tragic death. When it all was over, the fans view of rock and roll was never the same.

Festival

Murray Lerner

Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers

Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival, from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan, who's acoustic and electric. Son House and Mike Bloomfield talk about the blues; John Hurt, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee show its range. The Osborne Brothers perform bluegrass. Donovan, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Mimi and Dick Farina, and others less well known also perform. Several talk musical philosophy, and there's a running commentary about the nature and appeal of folk music. The crowd looks clean cut.

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970

Murray Lerner

Joni Mitchell

Directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Murray Lerner, Both Sides Now: Live At The Isle of Wight Festival features new interviews with Joni, discussing her recollections of the event intercut with festival footage, both onstage and behind the scenes, offering a fascinating insight into a now legendary concert from the artists point of view and putting the events of the day into context. Alternatively, fans can enjoy the uninterrupted live concert footage featuring classic songs such as "Woodstock", "Both Sides Now" and "Big Yellow Taxi". This was the final film from Murray Lerner, who sadly passed away not long after the films completion.

To Be a Man

Murray Lerner

John Kerry

Director Murray Lerner’s hour-long “educational film about education,” began as a commissioned piece for Yale University, and was eventually broadcast on more than 60 local television stations across the country. The film captures students and faculty grappling with the meaning and purpose of education, and is a time capsule of Yale in the mid-1960s. -Yale Film Archive

From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China

Murray Lerner

Isaac Stern

A beautiful expression of two differing cultures brought together by the warmth and dedication of a great musician and humanitarian. In 1979, as China re-opened its doors to the West, virtuoso Isaac Stern received an unprecedented government invitation to tour the country.

The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970

Murray Lerner

Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle

Legendary show from The Who at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival

Jimi Hendrix: Live At The Isle Of Wight - Blue Wild Angel

Murray Lerner

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix: Live At The Isle Of Wight - Blue Wild Angel documents the guitarist’s legendary performance before 600,000 people at this massive outdoor music and arts festival in August 1970 - his final UK concert.

Jethro Tull - Nothing Is Easy - Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

Murray Lerner

Ian Anderson

Just three years into their career and just months before the release of the their acclaimed album "Aqualung," Jethro Tull performed on the final day of the 1970 Isle of Wight festival. Aware-winning director Murray Lerner captures tension between the hippie audience and show organizers, and audio commentary by from man Ian Anderson provides intimate perspective into the band's festival experience. Songs include "Nothing is Easy" and "My God."