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Bittersweet Motel (2000)

Bittersweet Motel poster
Original title
Phish: Bittersweet Motel
Directed by
Todd Phillips
Genre
documentary, music
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the rock band Phish on tour in 1997 and 1998. It shows the band's performances behind the scenes and during a large festival in Maine.

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What happens

Bittersweet Motel is a 2000 documentary film about the rock band Phish directed by Todd Phillips. With him covering the band's summer and fall 1997 tours, plus footage from their 1998 summer tour of Europe. The documentary ends with The Great Went, a giant two-day festival held in upstate Maine that attracted 70,000 people. The film's title comes from a Phish song of the same name, which is featured at the end of the movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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