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The Trip (1967)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1967
Running Times: 85 mins
Format: Pathécolor 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: AIP
Presenters: James H. Nicholson, Samuel Z. Arkoff
Producer: Roger Corman
Associate Producer: Frances Doel
Production Manager: Jack Bohrer
Production Coordinator: Leon Ericksen
SCRIPT
Script: Jack Nicholson
DIRECTION
Director: Roger Corman
Assistant Director: Paul Rapp
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Arch R. Dalzell
Assistant Camera: Allen Daviau
Lighting: Robert Petzold
Key Grip: Charles Hannawalt
Lab: Technicolor
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ronald Sinclair
Montage Sequences: Dennis Jakob
MUSIC
Music: The American Music Band
Song: Electric Flag (Softly and Tenderly)
Music Produced By: Groscourt Productions
SOUND
Sound: Phil Mitchell
Sound: Ryder Sound Services Inc
Sound Effects: Edit-Rite Inc
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Ted Coodley
Hair: Ray Forman
Costume Designer: Richard Bruno
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Roger George
VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Psychedelic Effects: Charlatan Productions Inc, Bob Beck, Allen
Daviau, Peter Gardiner
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Leon Ericksen
Props: Karl R. Brainard, Richard M. Rubin
MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Bonnie Prendergast
Production Assistant: Sharon Compton
Technical Advisor: James Blumberg
LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Beach Dickersen
Locations: Big Sur, California, USA; Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park,
Los Angeles, California, USA; Malibu, California, USA; Yuma, Arizona,
USA
CAST
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)
Tom Signorelli (Al)
Boyd Santell
Mitzi Hoag (wife)
Luree Holmes
Earl Finn
Roger Arroyo
PLOT SUMMARY
Paul Groves' marriage is failing and desperate for release, he experiments
with LSD with mixed results.
AVAILABILITY
Canada
Theatrical Distributors: Astral Films
UK
Theatrical Distributors: Anglo Amalgamated (release denied by the BBFC)
Video Distributors: Rank Video Library (released denied by the BBFC);
MGM (TV) Europe Ltd (release cancelled)
DVD Distributors: MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) Ltd (10001050)
USA
Theatrical Distributors: AIP
DVD Distributors: MGM Home Entertainment
West Germany
Theatrical Distributors: Gloria
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: R
Finland
Rating: banned from 1968 – 1992; K-16
Spain
Rating: 18
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: banned from 1967 – 2002; 18
West Germany
Rating: 16
TIMELINE
1967
August
23: USA – theatrical release
September
5: UK - refused a certificate by the BBFC
1968
January
27: Denmark – theatrical release
April
1: Sweden – theatrical release
1969
January
31: West Germany – theatrical release
1988
December
31: UK - refused a certificate by the BBFC
1992
July
17: Finland – theatrical release
2002
November
21: UK - rated 18 by the BBFC (with no cuts)
2004
January
21: UK - rated 18 by the BBFC (for video release with no cuts)
April
5: UK - DVD release (MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) Ltd (10001050))
POSTER TAGS
A Lovely Sort of Death
Groovy Gravy!...The Trip is Out of Sight!
Listen to the sound of love. Feel purple. Taste green. Touch the scream
that crawls up the wall!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
LSD - Danish title
Il serpente di fuoco - Italian title
La serpiente de fuego - Venezuelan title
Tripp till helvetet - Swedish title
Trippi - Finnish title
A Viagem - Brazilian television title
El viaje - Spanish television title
LINKS
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
A Century of Cinema (1994)
Hollywood
Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (2000)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
SEE ALSO
Psych-Out (1968)
KEYWORDS
acid flashbacks, divorce, drugs, go go dancers, hallucinations, hippies,
lsd, merry go round, nightclubs, psychedelia, rock music, sex, surrealism,
swimming pools, waitresses
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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