Hippies (2007) (TV)

Director:

Scott Reda

Writer:

Dennis Kleinman (writer)

Release Date:

June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

The 1960's and 1970's were a time of change, a time of revolution, a time of the Hippies. Hippies reached across the nation and their effects are still felt today. |

Plot Keywords:

1960s | American History | Woodstock

Cast

Ken Babbs	...	Himself
Peter Coyote	...	Himself
Martin Lee	...	Himself
Country Joe McDonald	...	Himself

Directed by
Scott Reda

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dennis Kleinman		writer

Produced by
Lou Reda	....	executive producer
Marc L. Reda	....	associate producer
Scott Reda	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ken Hatley

Production Management
Frederic Lumiere	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lance Miccio	....	second unit director

Camera and Electrical Department
Christopher Gallo	....	camera operator

Other crew
Lisa Baker	....	production assistant
Ken Hatley	....	production coordinator
Andrew Koenig	....	researcher
Reno Tondelli	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Lou Reda Productions

Other Companies

• Ken Hatley & Associates  music licensing by

Runtime:

USA:120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Lou Reda Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: It is mentioned in the narration that Anton LaVey (founder of the "Church of Satan") was cast as the devil in Roman Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby". This is an urban legend and absolutely false. He had no involvement in the film at all.

History channel documentary of hippies 1960/70s

(Showing in January 2009 on the history channel). I'm glad to see that they actually dug deeper than most newsreels of the time to research the individuals and groups that were an active part of the "hippie" rebellion movement. Most clips of the time just show lots of flower-power children of the time smoking dope and dancing, then we're off to Woodstock, for the freaks and problems of drugs, violence, and overcrowding. In this show, they research the individuals and groups that were involved, which is more than most reports did. Sure, drugs were involved, but also there was the rebellion factor; so many of the children watched their fathers work Mon-Fri, nine to five, and this ten years after the McCarthy hearings, the children were determined not to let a big government be completely in charge of their lives. Probably also some anger over the Kennedy assassination, the Vietnam war, and later, the Kent State shootings (see Wikipedia.org for info). The show also points out that by the time the Beatles and more run-away hippies arrived, the original goal had disappeared, and now it WAS just a bunch of hippy wanna-be's. Just my opinion. i welcome input... ksf-2