The underground cult classic documentary of the psychedelic 1960s.

The underground cult classic documentary of the psychedelic 1960s. Closeups of stars, including Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Ronald Reagan, Frank Zappa, Sean Connery, Brigit Bardot, Alfred Hitchcock, Bobby Beausoleil of the “Manson Family,” imprisoned for life for murder, and Jay Sebring - victim of the Mansons. Personal insights by surfers, skydivers, LSD gurus, hippies, peaceniks, protest-singers, rightwing politicians, eccentric multi-millionaires and transvestites. Denounced as “bizarre prophecy” by the critics. Invited to open the 1968 Avignon & Venice Film Festivals, but banned by the French Ministry of Information as a “danger to mental health” and an “apology for certain perversities, including drugs and homosexuality.” Characterized in CIA files as “pro-Communist.” Refused exhibition in Communist nations as “glamorizing Capitalism - too many cars and swimming pools.” Described by UNESCO social scientist S. Friedman as “...a vivid, warm & humorous image of people ... confronting the eternal American dream.... It may well be that we are at the eve of a profound social and moral revolution.” Written, Produced & Directed by Robert Carl Cohen, renowned for pioneering documentaries INSIDE RED CHINA, INSIDE EAST GERMANY, THREE CUBANS, and COMMITTEE ON UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES. The MONDO HOLLYWOOD Music Director, Mike Curb, was later elected Lt. Governor of California in 1978 despite being falsely accused of “singing falsetto in a bathtub scene in the film with two lesbians.” Its original sound track performed by the Mugwumps & Davy Allen & The Arrows.

Mondo Hollywood

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Mondo Hollywood

Release Year: 2005

Duration: 120 min

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The underground cult classic documentary of the psychedelic 1960s. Closeups of stars, including Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Ronald Reagan, Frank Zappa, Sean Connery, Brigit Bardot, Alfred Hitchcock, Bobby Beausoleil of the “Manson Family,” imprisoned for life for murder, and Jay Sebring - victim of the Mansons. Personal insights by surfers, skydivers, LSD gurus, hippies, peaceniks, protest-singers, rightwing politicians, eccentric multi-millionaires and transvestites. Denounced as “bizarre prophecy” by the critics. Invited to open the 1968 Avignon & Venice Film Festivals, but banned by the French Ministry of Information as a “danger to mental health” and an “apology for certain perversities, including drugs and homosexuality.” Characterized in CIA files as “pro-Communist.” Refused exhibition in Communist nations as “glamorizing Capitalism - too many cars and swimming pools.” Described by UNESCO social scientist S. Friedman as “...a vivid, warm & humorous image of people ... confronting the eternal American dream.... It may well be that we are at the eve of a profound social and moral revolution.” Written, Produced & Directed by Robert Carl Cohen, renowned for pioneering documentaries INSIDE RED CHINA, INSIDE EAST GERMANY, THREE CUBANS, and COMMITTEE ON UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES. The MONDO HOLLYWOOD Music Director, Mike Curb, was later elected Lt. Governor of California in 1978 despite being falsely accused of “singing falsetto in a bathtub scene in the film with two lesbians.” Its original sound track performed by the Mugwumps & Davy Allen & The Arrows.

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Posted 07/25/09 by Weezer

This film is a real stinker!

Posted 07/16/09 by joya

terrific.

just great.

Posted 06/24/09 by Bo Howe

Great film. Its chaotic texture and setting reminds me of the novel “The Crying of Lot 49” by Thomas Pynchon. Both are loaded with eccentric individuals who, as it turns out, are oddly connected.

Funny that it would be denounced as both pro-communist and pro-capitalist - a sure sign of its richness and depth. Perhaps it’s a cultural Rohrshach test of sorts.

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