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Psych-Out
1968
A look at the psychedelic world of the 1960's flower children. Jenny is a 17-year-old deaf runaway who stumbles into that world as she searches for her brother who is being pursued by hoods. A low-budget psychedelic cult classic from 1968 offers trippy visuals, acid-tinged soundtracks, and the flower child Susan Strasberg. Read more
| Starring | Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Susan Strasberg |
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| Director | Richard Rush |
| Genres | Drama |
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Psych-Out
A look at the psychedelic world of the 1960's flower children. Jenny is a 17-year-old deaf runaway who stumbles into that world as she searches for her brother who is being pursued by hoods. A low-budget psychedelic cult classic from 1968 offers trippy visuals, acid-tinged soundtracks, and the flower child Susan Strasberg.
| Starring | Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Susan Strasberg |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Rush |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 25 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 05 Apr 2004 Production year: 1968 |
| Format | DVD |
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After Jack Nicholson wrote the pro-LSD movie The Trip, he appeared in this other druggie epic, set in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district where deaf girl Susan Strasberg searches for her freaked-out brother, Bruce Dern, who think's he's Jesus Christ. As a relic of the flower power era, this takes some beating — and some watching, too — but Nicholson completists should get a buzz from seeing him as a rock musician and as the film's romantic lead. Also included are music from the Strawberry Alarm Clock, if that turns you on, and a 2001-style acid trip to nowhere.
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A typical AIP quickie put together in an instant bid to cash in on the 'Summer of Love', its action eventually... read more on Time Out
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Just say no
This film really is like dropping acid - halfway through I gave up watching and became fascinated by the folds in my trousers instead.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Far Out Man!
This tale of a young deaf girl who goes to San Francisco and gets a lot more than flowers in her hair is so much of its time you can almost smell the patchouli. To be avoided if you have an aversion to hipster slang, vans covered in psychedelic flowers and the sight of Jack Nicholson in a jerkin. It's a period piece most appropriate for elderly hippies and '60s sentimentalists. Put it this way - it features the Strawberry Alarm Clock, and if that means anything to you, you will probably enjoy this cheapo Roger Corman cash-in on the LSD craze.
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