Psych-Out

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Psych-Out

1968,

1h 22m,

Drama/

Music

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3 Reviews

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57%

1,000+ Ratings

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3 Reviews

57%

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Jenny Davis (Susan Strasberg) is a deaf young woman who has run away from home to search for her missing brother. Arriving in the hippie-filled Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, Jenny befriends a rock group with heavy psychedelic leanings, becoming close to band member Stoney (Jack Nicholson). Aided by Dave (Dean Stockwell), who used to be in the ensemble, Stoney and Jenny come closer to tracking down her sibling, and venture into trippy territory while on hallucinogens.

Sean Axmaker

Parallax View

Mar 14, 2015

[Director Richard] Rush appreciates the energy and the idealism of the culture at its best while acknowledging contradictions in the individuals within.

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Sep 30, 2011

Richard Rush's inventive camera revels in all countercultural fauna and flora

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Aug 21, 2005

3/5

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Theodore M

Oct 12, 2018

As far as bad movies go, this is a great one. It's really become a period piece, capturing the zeitgeist of the hippy / flower-child movement at it's psychedelic peak. There are some terrific surprises here, such as seeing Quantum Leap's Dean Stockwell as a spaced-out hippy. To me, the real treat is seeing Jack Nicholson pretend to play the guitar (while talking about how important "his music" is to him) when it's obvious he had not even held the instrument before taking this role. The Strawberry Alarm Clock performance is a nice added bonus! Great for fans of bad films with good intentions.

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Harry R

Dec 10, 2017

this is one of the rare 60s hippie movies, they arent very good but theres not very many of them. other ones are the trip, riot on sunset strip and wild in the streets

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Synopsis

Jenny Davis (Susan Strasberg) is a deaf young woman who has run away from home to search for her missing brother. Arriving in the hippie-filled Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, Jenny befriends a rock group with heavy psychedelic leanings, becoming close to band member Stoney (Jack Nicholson). Aided by Dave (Dean Stockwell), who used to be in the ensemble, Stoney and Jenny come closer to tracking down her sibling, and venture into trippy territory while on hallucinogens.

Director: Richard Rush
Producer: Dick Clark
Screenwriter: Betty Ulius, E. Hunter Willett
Distributor: American International Pictures, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co: Dick Clark Corporate Prod.
Genre: Drama, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 6, 1968, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Oct 1, 2015
Runtime: 1h 22m

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