One of the few 1960s satires of the hippie culture that doesn't appear to be concocted by grumpy old men, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas stars Peter Sellers as Harold Fine, a staid, fortysomething Jew...
One of the few 1960s satires of the hippie culture that doesn't appear to be concocted by grumpy old men, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas stars Peter Sellers as Harold Fine, a staid, fortysomething Jewish attorney. Engaged to the equally straitlaced Joyce (Joyce Van Patten), Harold wistfully dreams of having a more exciting lifestyle. Through a fluke, Harold is obliged to drive a station wagon emblazoned with "psychedelic" imagery; it is with this vehicle that he picks up his flower-child brother Herbie (David Arkin), and Herbie's groovy chick Nancy (Leigh Taylor-Young). Rather enjoying the company of people outside of his establishment orbit, Harold visits Nancy at her pad, where she plies him with "hash brownies" -- concoctions laced with marijuana. His inhibitions released by the spiked pastries, Harold kicks over the traces, grows his hair to shoulder length, and embarks upon an affair with Nancy. But when the effects of the brownies wear off, Harold suddenly feels like the rather foolish middle-aged man that he is. The beauty of I Love You, Alice B. Toklas is that it patronizes neither the hippies nor the Establishment characters; both groups are shown as human beings rather than agit-prop stereotypes.
Peter Sellers - Harold Jo Van Fleet - Mother Leigh Taylor-Young - Nancy Joyce Van Patten - Joyce David Arkin - Herbie Herb Edelman - Murray Louis Gottlieb - Guru Grady Sutton - Funeral Director, Mr. Walsh Janet Clark - Mrs. Foley Jorge Moreno - Mr. Rodriguez Ed Peck - Man In Dress Shop William Bramley - 1st Patrolman Gary Brown - El Greco Sidney Clute - Mechanic Joe Dominguez - Grandfather Rodriguez Robert Miller Driscoll - Crying Hippie Eddra Gale - Love Lady Roy E. Glenn, Sr. - Gas Station Attendant Vince Howard - 2nd Patrolman Salem Ludwig - Father Jack Margolis - Big Bear Carol O'Leary - Anita
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Saw this movie shortly after gettiing into dope cakes in my late teens and couldn't believe someone had made a film about it - I taped over the video some time back - anyone know if you can still get hold of the film?
Although Leigh Taylor-Young had been on stage and television before,this was her first film-so the,"introducing,"was for movies.Leigh had that butterfly-tatoo especialy for that movie.I hear that Peter Sellers really fell for Leigh also-and who can blame him?
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