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I LOVE YOU, ALICE B. TOKLAS
U.S., 1968
Directed by Hy Averback
Screenplay by Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker
Starring Peter Sellers, Leigh Taylor-Young, Joyce Van Patten, Jo Van Fleet
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Approx. 94 min. 35mm.
Asthmatic, Jewish mom/nagging fiancée-dominated schnook Peter tries some of hippy Leigh Taylor-Young’s “groovy” brownies and then tunes in and drops out — big time! — as he’s transformed into the screen’s first truly shagadelic hero. “A classic of the flower power comedy genre.” – Ed Sikov
Reviews
“A classic Sellers character.”
– Roger Ebert
“Sellers’ performance — both in scenes which spotlight his character as well as ensemble sequences in which everyone is balanced nicely — is an outstanding blend of warmth, sensitivity, disillusion and optimism.”
– Variety