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The Holy Mountain

Original title: La montaña sagrada
  • 19731973
  • RR
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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The Holy Mountain (1973)
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In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
45K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,640
110
  • Director
    • Alejandro Jodorowsky
  • Writer
    • Alejandro Jodorowsky
  • Stars
    • Alejandro Jodorowsky
    • Horacio Salinas
    • Zamira Saunders
  • Director
    • Alejandro Jodorowsky
  • Writer
    • Alejandro Jodorowsky
  • Stars
    • Alejandro Jodorowsky
    • Horacio Salinas
    • Zamira Saunders
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    • 183User reviews
    • 108Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Horacio Salinas in The Holy Mountain (1973)
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    Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, and Zamira Saunders in The Holy Mountain (1973)
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    Juan Ferrara, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Valerie Jodorowsky, Burt Kleiner, Luis Lomelí, Nicky Nichols, Adriana Page, Richard Rutowski, Horacio Salinas, and Zamira Saunders in The Holy Mountain (1973)
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    Connie De La Mora, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Letícia Robles in The Holy Mountain (1973)
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    Top cast

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    Alejandro Jodorowsky
    Alejandro Jodorowsky
    • The Alchemist
    • (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
    Horacio Salinas
    Horacio Salinas
    • The Thief
    Zamira Saunders
    • The Written Woman
    • (as Ramona Saunders)
    Juan Ferrara
    Juan Ferrara
    • Fon
    Adriana Page
    • Isla
    Burt Kleiner
    Burt Kleiner
    • Klen
    Valerie Jodorowsky
    Valerie Jodorowsky
    • Sel
    Nicky Nichols
    Nicky Nichols
    • Berg
    Richard Rutowski
    Richard Rutowski
    • Axon
    • (as Richard Rutowsky)
    Luis Lomelí
    • Lut
    Ana De Sade
    Ana De Sade
    • The Prostitute
    Chucho-Chucho
    • The Chimpanzee
    Letícia Robles
    • Bald Woman 1
    • (as Leticia Robles)
    Connie De La Mora
    Connie De La Mora
    • Bald Woman 2
    David Kapralik
    • Tourist
    Jacqueline Voltaire
    Jacqueline Voltaire
    • Tourist Wife
    Pablo Leder
    • Circus Barker
    Bobby Cameron
    • Fon's Working Girl
    • Director
      • Alejandro Jodorowsky
    • Writer
      • Alejandro Jodorowsky
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Before filming began, director Alejandro Jodorowsky spent a week without sleep under a Zen Master's direction and lived communally with the film's cast for a month.
    • Goofs
      The thief is tied to the Cross with the children stoning him. The "stones" bounce like rubber.
    • Quotes

      The Alchemist: [final lines] We began in a fairytale and we came to life, but is this life reality? No. It is a film. Zoom back camera.

      [camera zooms out, revealing equipment and crew]

      The Alchemist: We are images, dreams, photographs. We must not stay here. Prisoners! We shall break the illusion. This is Maya! Goodbye to the Holy Mountain. Real life awaits us.

    • Connections
      Featured in Come and Judge (1975)

    User reviews183

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    Astonishingly beautiful, bloody and strange
    Astonishingly beautiful, bloody and strange surrealist film. Roughly, about a spiritual quest for enlightenment, truth and immortality; but that doesn't begin to describe Jodorowsky's Fellini-like flood of imagery and symbolism. Jodorowsky himself plays "The Master", an occult adept who assembles a group of people representing the planets of our solar system (a Christ figure for Earth) to ascend the Holy Mountain and gain the secret of eternal life. The qualities of the individual planetary cultures are both based on, and distorted from, their classic meanings in astrology and alchemy - you really need to have some basic reading in occultism to follow this movie - and the stunning ending shot takes the theme of illusion vs. truth to a completely different plane.
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    • Feb 6, 2000

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    • Why didn't they show all of the zodiac signs?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 11, 1975 (Mexico)
    • Country of origin
      • Mexico
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Sacred Mountain
    • Filming locations
      • Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • ABKCO Films
      • Producciones Zohar
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $750,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $61,001
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,143
      • Jan 21, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $104,160
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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