The Trip (1967/II)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Roger Corman

Writer:

Jack Nicholson (written by)

Release Date:

23 August 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A Lovely Sort of Death

Plot:

Paul Groves (Peter Fonda), a television commercial director, is in the midst of a personality crisis...

Plot Keywords:

Acid | Guru | LSD | Director | Sex

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Bogdanovich	...	(uncredited)
Brandon De Wilde	...	Extra (uncredited)
Randee Lynne Jensen	...	Extra (uncredited)
Gram Parsons	...	House Band Member (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto	...	(uncredited)
Frankie Smith	...	Go-Go Girl (uncredited)
Susan Walters	...	Go-Go Girl (uncredited)

Directed by
Roger Corman

Writing credits
Jack Nicholson		(written by)

Produced by
Roger Corman	....	producer
Frances Doel	....	associate producer

Original Music by
The Electric Flag		(as The American Music Band)

Cinematography by
Archie R. Dalzell		(as Arch R. Dalzell)

Film Editing by
Ronald Sinclair

Art Direction by
Leon Ericksen

Makeup Department
Ted Coodley	....	makeup artist
Ray Forman	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Jack Bohrer	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Rapp	....	assistant director
Dennis Hopper	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Karl Brainard	....	props (as Karl R. Brainard)
Richard M. Rubin	....	props

Sound Department
Philip Mitchell	....	sound (as Phil Mitchell)

Special Effects by
Bob Beck	....	special psychedelic effects producer
Allen Daviau	....	special psychedelic effects producer
Peter Gardiner	....	special psychedelic effects producer
Roger George	....	special effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Allen Daviau	....	assistant camera
Charles Hannawalt	....	key grip
Robert A. Petzoldt	....	lighting technician (as Robert Petzold)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Richard Bruno	....	wardrobe

Music Department
The Electric Flag	....	performer: musical score (as The American Music Band)

Other crew
Samuel Z. Arkoff	....	presenter
James Blumberg	....	technical advisor
Sharon Compton	....	production assistant
Beach Dickerson	....	location manager (as Beach Dickersen)
Leon Ericksen	....	production coordinator
Dennis Jakob	....	montage sequences
James H. Nicholson	....	presenter
Bonnie Prendergast	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• American International Pictures (AIP)

Distributors

• American International Pictures (AIP) (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• Astral Films (1967) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Gloria Filmverleih AG (1969) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Charlatan Productions Inc. (special psychedelic effects creator)

Other Companies

• Ryder Sound Services  sound
• Edit-Rite  sound effects
• Groscourt Productions  music produced by

Also Known As:

A Lovely Sort of Death (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

85 min | West Germany:78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

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

Filming Locations:

Big Sur, California, USA

Company:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Trivia:

Jack Nicholson wrote this screenplay for Corman based on his own experience of taking LSD under controlled laboratory conditions and also on his marriage break-up with first wife, Sandra Knight.

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!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "TCM Underground: The Trip/Psych-Out (#1.48)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Softly and Tenderly

decent drug movie

To be honest, I thought I would grow quickly bored with this movie since I heard that all it was is a bunch of cool psychedelic effects and not much else. Well, I actually found it interesting. After an opening five minutes with some bad acting I rolled my eyes but the movie got better....and Peter Fonda's performance got better. Fonda plays Paul, a TV commercial director who goes on his first LSD trip. He thinks he might learn something from it and does. You start to lose track of what reality is just like Paul does. Dennis Hopper has some interesting scenes and Bruce Dern is good as well. Having never touched acid, I can't tell you how realistic the effects are but found them interesting to watch. In order to do research, director Roger Corman took LSD and had a pleasant experience. Bruce Dern however has never taken it so found his role as someone who was kind of an expert on the matter, a challenging acting job. However, Jack Nicolson wrote the script and I expect he did plenty of research...he-he. Surprisingly, a pretty cool movie, dude!