Skidoo (1968)

Directed by

Otto Preminger

Genre

comedy film, parody film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

R

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A comedy film that satirizes the hippie counterculture and the fads of the 1960s. It features a large cast of famous actors, including Groucho Marx as a mobster named God. The story involves a man who gets involved with mobsters, hippies, and an LSD trip.

sillycampyzanydatedwhimsicalpsychedeliclightheartedgoofy

What happens

Skidoo is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Fred Clark (who died on December 5, two weeks before the film's release), Michael Constantine, Frank Gorshin, John Phillip Law, Peter Lawford, Burgess Meredith, George Raft, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, and Groucho Marx playing a top mobster named "God". It was written by Doran William Cannon and released by Paramount Pictures on December 19, 1968. The screenplay satirizes late-1960s counterculture lifestyle and its creature comforts, technology, anti-technology, hippies, free love and then-topical use of the drug LSD. Singer-songwriter Nilsson, who wrote the score and receives credit as a member of the cast, appears in a few brief scenes with Fred Clark, as both portray prison tower guards swaying to Nilsson's music while under the influence of LSD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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