Films released during the era were some of the hottest. I always say I’m a hippy. I’m excited about the opportunity to share some of my favorite films. It wasn’t easy to create a list of films to watch. The hippie revolution inspired filmmakers to embrace its culture through storytelling.
Psych-Out/The Trip (1967)
Talk about far out! No emotions were spared in making this film. At the height of the “Flower Power” era, people floated through life by consuming massive amounts of psychosomatic medicine. Actress Susan Strasberg lays a deaf girl in search of her brother’s whereabouts. He sends her a cryptic message on a postcard that said, “God is alive and well and living in a sugar cube.” In “The Trip,” a TV director (Peter Fonda) gets strung out on LSD for the first time.
Easy Rider (1969)
Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) are two Harley-riding hippies bent on making drug deals and finding Jesus. Crazy combination, but no one does it better than these two actors. They experience hate crimes, differences in opinions, and others who rather live free or die trying across small-town America.
Skidoo (1968)
Tony Banks (Jackie Gleason) is a malcontented mobster who is perpetually at odds with his wife, Flo (Carol Channing). OK, I must stop here to say that a crime lord known as God is played by Groucho Marx. Saying it out loud is even funnier! Anyway, Tony gets arrested, so he can complete his mission. He must kill an incarcerated mobster. Somehow Tony obtains acid while in prison and goes on a mind-bending trip. It leads to an ambitious escape plan.
Alice’s Restaurant (1969)
Arlo Guthrie plays himself in this film based on his song of the same name. Arlo gets kicked out of college. He has nothing to do so he decides to visit his friend Alice (Pat Quinn) for Thanksgiving dinner. Twists and turns occur and Arlo finds himself drafted after littering when he attempts to trash to a dump.
The Big Cube (1969)
LSD tripping! Broadway star Adriana Roman (Lana Turner) weds business tycoon Charles Winthrop (Daniel O’Herlihy), which further strains the relationship between him and his rebellious teen daughter, Lisa (Karin Mossberg). This leads to lacing sleeping pills, drug-dealing, murder, and loads of teen rebellion.
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival (1968)
If you missed Woodstock, relive the glory days through this iconic film. Performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. You get to see the infamous lighting of a guitar on fire, breaking it and tossing a part into the audience.
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