Revolution (1968)

Director:

Jack O'Connell

Writers:

Norman Martin, Jack O'Connell

Stars:

Ace of Cups, Herb Caen, Country Joe and the Fish

Cast

Credited cast:
Ace of Cups	...	Themselves
Herb Caen	...	Himself
Country Joe and the Fish	...	Themselves
Louis Gottlieb	...	Himself (as Lou Gottlieb)
Daria Halprin	...	Herself
Dan Hicks	...	Himself
Kurt Hirschhorn	...	Himself
Today Malone	...	Herself
Country Joe McDonald	...	Himself (as Country Joe and the Fish)
Barry Melton	...	Himself (as Country Joe and the Fish)
Steve Miller	...	Himself (as Steve Miller Band)
Tracy Nelson	...	Herself
Quicksilver Messenger Service	...	Themselves
Steve Miller Band	...	Themselves
Cecil Williams	...	Himself (as Rev. Cecil Williams)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

alternative community | year 1967 | drug use | dancing | philosophy | 

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Genres:

Documentary | History | Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 July 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

Epanastatimeni genia

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Omicron

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in The Hippie Revolution (1996)

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Soundtracks

"Mercury Blues"
Performed by Steve Miller Band
under license from United Artists Records

User Reviews

Seeing this film was like reliving my teen years...

I was in high school on the San Francisco Peninsula when this film was shot. I may or may not have seen it before. My memory does not serve me as well as it did! Anyway, I had the album soundtrack for a long time and always wanted to see the movie because the music was so indicative of that time in the Bay Area. I always loved Tracy Nelson (the lead singer of Mother Earth) who sang the title track. To make a long story short...I had always heard that it was somewhat of a "plastic" film. Having Tivo'd it recently, I realized that this documentary really GETS IT. The liquid light shows, the last scene in Buena Vista Park in the Haight and the interviews with some of San Francisco's still finest (Rev. Cecil Williams, the staff of The Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic, The Mime Troupe and the late Herb Caen). This movie DOES chronicle and capture the essence of that time period. The current Haight Ashbury has continued to practice some of the spirit of that time, but "hippiedom" was such a fresh concept in the late '60's. Now, well...have we learned anything in retrospect?