DocumentaryMusic

Sweet As

Name: Sweet As
Director: Shirley Horrocks
Genre: Documentary, Music
Duration: 45 min
Cast: Elvis Costello, Christine Dwight, Jackie Dwight, Stuart Dwight, Kate Elliott

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45m

This documentary follows the experiences of two groups at the 1999 Sweetwaters music festival: six teens (including actor Kate Elliott and future advertising producer Nigel Sutton), and a group of 30-somethings (many of them veterans of the 1980s era Sweetwaters). By the end of the festival some hangovers are being nursed, mostly spirits remain undimmed. English singer Elvis Costello drops the on-stage bomb that artists haven't been paid, Chris Knox notes the "money fiasco" his own way, and the festivalgoers rate how the weekend went.