Year: 2006 / Running Time: mins
Directed by: Bill Fishman
Written by: Howard Kaylan
Produced by: Harold Bronson
MY DINNER WITH JIMI is an autobiographical film written by Howard Kaylan, produced by Harold Bronson and directed by Bill Fishman, it is a story not only of the rock band The Turtles, but of the pop music scene in general of 1966-1967.
“It’s an absolutely true story,” Kaylan recounts. “It was our first trip to London, and we met Graham Nash, Donovan, the Stones, and the Beatles-who played us Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band before it was released-all on the same night! I wound up eating dinner with Hendrix at 4 a.m...!”