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The Trip

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NR,1hr 25min
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January 1, 1967
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Synopsis: Roger Corman directed this psychedelic odyssey concerning the curative properties of LSD, with a surrealistic screenplay written by Jack Nicholson. Peter Fonda is Paul Groves, a television commercial director whose estranged wife Sally (Susan Strasberg) is pressuring him to sign their divorce papers. Feeling strain in both his professional and his personal life, Paul talks to a guru named John (Bruce Dern), who suggests that an acid trip will cure what ails him. Paul goes to John's pad and his trip ... Full Synopsis
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According to his autobiography, Roger Corman took LSD while preparing to make this film, which claims to show what an acid trip is like. Hallucinogenic accuracy aside, The Trip is an entertaining period piece and perhaps the ultimate late 1960s hippie exploitation flick. The final shot, tacked on against Corman's wishes by American International Pictures, awkwardly suggests that Paul Groves (Peter ... Full Review
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Paul Groves
Sally Groves
John, guru
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