Psych-Out

19681968
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 41m

Susan Strasberg in Psych-Out (1968)

A deaf runaway arrives in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury hippie district looking for her missing brother.

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A deaf runaway arrives in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury hippie district looking for her missing brother.A deaf runaway arrives in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury hippie district looking for her missing brother.A deaf runaway arrives in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury hippie district looking for her missing brother.

Director
- Richard Rush
Writers
- E. Hunter Willett(screenplay)
- Betty Ulius(screenplay)
- Betty Tusher(screenplay)
Stars

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Jack Nicholson and Susan Strasberg in Psych-Out (1968)

Jack Nicholson and Susan Strasberg in Psych-Out (1968)

Jack Nicholson in Psych-Out (1968)

Jack Nicholson and Susan Strasberg in Psych-Out (1968)

Jack Nicholson and Susan Strasberg in Psych-Out (1968)

Jack Nicholson in Psych-Out (1968)

Jack Nicholson and Susan Strasberg in Psych-Out (1968)

Jack Nicholson in Psych-Out (1968)

Jack Nicholson and Susan Strasberg in Psych-Out (1968)

Jack Nicholson and Susan Strasberg in Psych-Out (1968)

Jack Nicholson in Psych-Out (1968)

Bruce Dern in Psych-Out (1968)

Director
- Richard Rush
Writers
- E. Hunter Willett(screenplay) (story)
- Betty Ulius(screenplay)
- Betty Tusher(screenplay) (story) (uncredited)
All cast & crew
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The Trip

6.1

Hells Angels on Wheels

5.2

Hells Angels on Wheels

The Rebel Rousers

4.1

The Rebel Rousers

Head

6.5

Flight to Fury

5.6

Back Door to Hell

5.3

Back Door to Hell

Too Soon to Love

5.2

Too Soon to Love

The Loners

5.0

The Cry Baby Killer

5.1

The Cry Baby Killer

The Broken Land

5.1

The Broken Land

Studs Lonigan

5.1

The King of Marvin Gardens

6.5

The King of Marvin Gardens

Jenny, a deaf runaway who has just arrived in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district to find her long-lost brother, a mysterious bearded sculptor known around town as The Seeker. She falls in with a psychedelic band, Mumblin' Jim, whose members include Stoney, Ben, and Elwood. They hide her from the fuzz in their crash pad, a Victorian house crowded with love beads and necking couples. Mumblin' Jim's truth-seeking friend Dave considers the band's pursuit of success "playing games," but he agrees to help Jennie anyway. —alfiehitchie

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Taglines
- come where the PLEASURE LOVERS are
Genre
- Drama
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
The movie was meant to perform the same function in relation to The Trip (1967). Jack Nicholson had written a script that director Richard Rush thought was too "experimental" for mainstream cinema, so the concept of a 'youth" film based in San Francisco and dealing with flower power and drugs was taken over by other writers and Nicholson did not eventually receive a screen credit for his work, although he took what was essentially the male lead in the picture. But Nicholson wrote the part of Stoney for himself as part of the package.

Goofs
During The Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow" song, the lead guitarist's guitar changes halfway through the song.

Quotes
Ben: Stoney! Warren's freakin' out at the gallery!

Alternate versions
The UK cinema version was unreleased until 1972 and then cut by the BBFC to heavily edit the yard fight between the workmen and the hippies. All later video and DVD releases were fully uncut.

Connections
Edited into Love & Haight (2003)

Soundtracks
Incense and Peppermints
Written by John Shakespeare (as John Carter) and Tim Gilbert
Performed by The Strawberry Alarm Clock

Top review

4/10

... sick-making at times and occasionally amusing

At the same time you had blaxploitation movies you also had hipsploitation films too ... actors who understood NOTHING of what was going on ( Nicholson is a great actor but NOT a hippie him and his mates here look like jocks going to a costumed ball ) acted in movies written by studios trying to cash in on the latest in their eyes fad ... most of these 60's films used "straights" in hippie drag and that is never going to be convincing; it is literally a travesty...

Also it must be strange they felt they had to sample scenes from West Side Story in effect .... the final message was do not do drugz kidz they will fork u up ... fine by me but not done this way ... watch The Strawberry Statement instead or Zabriskie Point or More 1969 by Barbet Schroeder more honest films about the period & simply better films ...

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Release date
- March 6, 1968 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Revolt of the Flower People
Filming locations
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Production company
- Dick Clark Productions
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Budget
- $200,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
1 hour 41 minutes
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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