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Writers (WGA):
Neil Levy (story)
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Release Date:
16 August 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Two hippies come back from 1969 to get the bad news. Nobody wants to save the world anymore. They just want to buy it. more
Plot:
In the 1960s, two hippies go off into the jungle to evade the FBI. When they come back to New York in the 1980s, their fellow hippie friends have become rich yuppies. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Dion Anderson ... Dr. Binibon
Frederikke Borge ... Mona
Peter Boyden ... Dr. Childs

Robert Carradine ... Sammy

Rae Dawn Chong
Rodney Clark ... Cowboy
Elzbieta Czyzewska

Cliff De Young ... Brubaker

David Eigenberg ... Lawrence

Ed Fry ... Agent Drome
Amy Glass ... 1st Twin
Becky Glass ... 2nd Twin
Julie Hagerty ... Petra
Hugh Hayes ... Student on street
Buck Henry ... Lloyd Stool

Michelle Hurd ... Student on street

Edward James Hyland ... Man at Newsstand (as Edward Hyland)

Rosanna Iversen ... La Fleck Model
B.J. Jefferson ... Newscaster
Rob Kramer ... Aaron Russo
Louise Lasser ... Bonnie
Timothy Leary ... Diner at Ronnie's
Deena Levy ... Wanda
Mark M. Lewis ... Faculty Member
Michael Louden ... La Fleck Model
Michael Luciano ... Martin
Owen Lund ... F.B.I. Agent

Cheech Marin ... Jesus Monteya

Andrea Martin ... April

David McCarthy ... Hippie in beginning
Basia McCoy ... Woman on Street
Peter Nevargic ... Julian
William Paulson ... Phil

Eric Roberts ... Fred
Dulcy Rogers ... Student on street

Julia Rose ... Hippie Child
John Rowe ... Student
John Rowe Jr. ... Student
Jerry Rubin ... Diner at Ronnie's
Bobby Seale ... Diner at Ronnie's

Tom Sizemore ... Ian

Glenn Taranto ... Bob Hope (scenes deleted)
Davidson Thomson ... Amos
Cindy Williams ... June
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Cut from the film was a scene where Cheech Marin has an acid flashback during which he imagines the three FBI agents to be Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, and Henry Kissinger. more
Quotes:
Petra: Where's the lobster?
Jesus Monteya: "I am the lobster, goo goo g'joob."
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Soundtrack:
Darling Be Home Soon more

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Kicks the evil 80s in the teeth, 1 March 2000
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Classic tale of two stoners dropping out to have a good time in the jungle for twenty years and then coming back to find the whole world has been taken over by a terrible sickness known as the eighties - yup, they all wear stupid clothes and talk and do a load of rubbish, while the real men from the sixties have all kiinds of trouble fitting in and showing people the value of slobbing around, caning it and having fun without dressing up like Rebecca DeMornay in Weird Science. This film carries a very important message for us all about avoiding eighties style and values, but, like the other guy said, don't watch it in a serious mood, this is a hilarious comedy classic NOT a horror flick, after all.

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