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Overview

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Writer:
Jack Nicholson (written by)
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Release Date:
23 August 1967 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A Lovely Sort of Death more
Plot:
Paul Groves (Peter Fonda), a television commercial director, is in the midst of a personality crisis... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Music drove my search for the colors that others see... more (34 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Peter Fonda ... Paul Groves
Susan Strasberg ... Sally Groves
Bruce Dern ... John

Dennis Hopper ... Max
Salli Sachse ... Glenn
Barboura Morris ... Flo
Judy Lang ... Nadine
Luana Anders ... Waitress
Beach Dickerson
Dick Miller ... Cash
Caren Bernsen ... Alexandra
Katherine Walsh ... Lulu
Michael Nader
Bárbara Ransom ... Helena
Michael Blodgett ... Lover
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Lovely Sort of Death (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
85 min | West Germany:78 min
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Colour:
Colour (Pathécolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Norway:16 (1968) | Australia:R | Finland:(Banned) (1968-1991) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video re-rating) (2002) | UK:R (original rating) | UK:R (video rating) (1988) | USA:Not Rated | West Germany:16
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Trivia:
According to Bruce Dern, Jack Nicholson wrote the part of John for himself. Roger Corman, however, would not agree to Nicholson playing the role and chose Dern instead. more
Quotes:
Paul Groves: [Holding an orange up to the horizon] That's the sun in my hands, man! Oh, it gives off an orange cloud of light that just flows right out over the sea! Wow! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage (1999) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Softly and Tenderly more

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8 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Music drove my search for the colors that others see..., 19 June 2002
Author: gigi from Smalltown, USA

I originally became interested in finding this film due to my introduction and interest in the soundtrack. The music is performed by the late 60's self-proclaimed "American Music Band" known most often as THE ELECTRIC FLAG... A life-long fan of the somewhat psychadelic (as heard in THE TRIP), but more over horn/blues/rock band, the recording of THE TRIP that I first heard on a roadtrip to California (how fitting) is what sparked my search for a copy of THE TRIP.

I must say that the backwards line of hearing the music first and THEN seeing the film, caused me to have vague (but passionate!) expectations of what would be contained in the film. Yes, a "typical" portrayal of the late 60's acid/drug scene some might say, but I beg to differ. The film is about a man (Peter Fonda) who is distrought with life and looks for an answer through acid. The trippy, psychadelic scenes to follow make for a colorful kaleidescope of imagery and that, if nothing else, is a treat for the eyes! But later - dark, bleak scenes of medieval death contrast with a looming carnival funhouse feel. Through ecstatic highs and eerie lows, Fonda manages to come out of the trip with a new perspective - what he had hoped

for in the first place. But here is where one may say there really was no plot and in the end there was no lesson either. But, once again, I beg to differ. I enjoy delving deep into what seems to be merely innocent and aesthetic on the outside, and searching for what seems hidden amongst clowns on the inside. In the end, I got more than one message from the film, but I will let you, the viewer, decide for yourself what (if anything) you got from it. There, of course, is no wrong answer.

Having never (unfortunately) gotten the chance to live during that era, my curiosity is peaked and sometimes calmed by exposing myself to all that surrounded or grew from that era - be it music, poetry, film, literature or what have you. And though I can't proclaim to tell you that you will like or dislike the film, I can really only recommend for you to check it out. Because it is entertaining. Because it is superb filming. Because it is an early music video. Because it has a great American soundtrack. Because it is history. Because it it another time we can now only remember. Because it is one man's tribute to the often misunderstood era of peace, drugs, and a more innocent way of life. Because it is America... and because it made me come away with a new thought, and new ideas in my head, and if thats not something, I don't know what is. Thanks for reading.





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