You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (1971)

Original title

You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat

Directed by

Peter Locke

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

R

Rating

8.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young hippie wanders around New York City trying to figure out the meaning of life. He meets odd characters along the way in this low-budget slice-of-life story.

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What happens

You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (also known as You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat) is a 1971 low-budget comedy-drama film directed and written by Peter Locke and starring Zalman King. The story concerns a young hippie and his search in New York City for the meaning of life. The film is notable for early-career appearances by several artists: Richard Pryor has a small role playing his signature "wino" character; Wes Craven made his professional debut as the film's editor; the film's soundtrack was co-written and performed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, who went on to form Steely Dan. This marks the second collaboration between Zalman King and Richard Pryor, the two had previously starred in the pilot episode for the tv show The Young Lawyers. They later would reunite and star in the 1973 film Some Call It Loving. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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