Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls ... Read allClaude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations
- Berger's Father
- (as George Manos)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring the closing number, when Berger sings the third verse, background singers are singing lines from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. "Eyes, Look your Last, Arms take your last embrace" and "The lips, oh you the doors, of breath, sealed with a righteous kiss" are both from Romeo's final monologue. It's followed by "The rest is silence," the Prince's last line in Hamlet.
- GoofsThe seasons in Central Park shift constantly between spring, summer, and fall, sometimes within the same scene.
- Quotes
Hippy: The draft is white people sending black people to make war on the yellow people to defend the land they stole from the red people!
- SoundtracksAquarius
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
Performed by Renn Woods and chorus
The only problem I have with this movie, however, is that the relationship between Claude and Sheila is not very convincing. They are barely ever shown together, and when they are, they fight (remember the skinny dipping scene?). It seems as though their relationship is very weak, and by the end of the movie we are supposed to believe they are madly in love, only based on the few meetings they had. I also see that many people writing reviews here are upset by the PG rating this movie has. I personally would raise the rating up to a PG-13, only because there is some drug use... but remember in 1979, PG-13 didn't exist. I don't think the nudity is bad at all, it is in no way sexual (in fact, there isn't really any sex at all in this movie), and it is only to show the childlike innocence that the group maintains. In most European countries, nudity isn't regarded as something bad, and I don't see why it is here in the US. Anyways, I give this movie a high rating, and I'm glad it was made back then, because in the insanely "politically correct" world of today, they wouldn't even think of making it, and even if they did, it would be a very "watered down" version, and I'm sure you wouldn't get the full effect.
In conclusion, this is a very underrated film that is definitely worth checking out.
- theDIABEETUS
- Jan 3, 2004
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,284,643
- Gross worldwide
- $15,313,606
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1