Psych-Out (1968)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1968
Running Times: 101 mins
Format: Pathécolor     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Dick Clark Productions
Presenters: James H. Nicholson, Samuel Z. Arkoff
Producer: Dick Clark
Production Manager: Paul Lewis

SCRIPT
Script: Betty Tusher, Betty Ulius
Story: E. Hunter Willett

DIRECTION
Director: Richard Rush
Assistant Director: Elliot Schick

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: László Kovács
Camera Operators: Frank Ruttencutter, Peter Heiser
Chief Electrician: Aggie Aguilar
Electrical Grip: Foster Denker
Key Grips: Bill Pecchi, Jack Oliver
Stills: Peter Sorel

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Renn Reynolds
Assistant Editor: Herb Steinore

MUSIC
Music: Ronald Stein
Songs: John Carter, Tim Gilbert (Incense and Peppermints); The Strawberry Alarm Clock (Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow; The World's On Fire; The Pretty Song From Psych-Out); Sky Saxon (Two Fingers Pointing To You); Rusty Young, Malcolm Mitchell, Joe E Neddo, George Grantham (Ashbury Wednesday); Ronald Stein (Psych-Out Sanctorum; Psych-Out); Harlena and Ronald Stein (Beads Of Innocence)
Songs Performed By: The Strawberry Alarm Clock (Incense and Peppermints; Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow; The World's On Fire; The Pretty Song From Psych-Out); The Seeds (Two Fingers Pointing To You); The Boenzee Cryque (Ashbury Wednesday); The Storybook (Beads Of Innocence)

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Le Roy Robbins
Boom Operator: James Contrares

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Rafaelle Patterson
Wardrobe Mistress: Sara Anderson

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Gary Kent
Special Lighting Effects: Jim Morrissett

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Leon Ericksen
Property Master: Robert O'Neil

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Joyce King
Production Secretary: Sheila Scott

LOCATIONS
Locations: San Francisco, California, USA

STUNTS
Stunts: Dave Morick

CAST
Susan Strasberg (Jenny Davis)
Dean Stockwell (Dave)
Jack Nicholson (Stoney)
Bruce Dern (Steve Davis)
Adam Roarke (Ben)
Max Julien (Elwood)
Henry Jaglom (Warren)
Linda G. Scott (Lynn)
I.J. Jefferson (Pandora)
Tommy Flanders (Wesley)
Ken Scott (Preacher)
Gary Marshall (plain clothes man)
Geoffrey Stevens (Greg)
Susan Bushman (little girl)
John Cardos (thug)
Madgel Dean (the mother)
William Gerrity (little boy)
Robert Kelljan (Arthur)
Gary Kent (thug's leader
Beatriz Monteil (landlady
David Morick
The Seeds (themselves)
The Strawberry Alarm Clock (themselves)

PLOT SUMMARY

A young deaf girl arrives in California in search of her missing brother. Her only clue to his whereabouts is a cryptic message alluding to the use of LSD...

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: DIF

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Promotion Pictures
Video Distributors: RCA/Columbia Pictures; MIA Video Entertainment (V3365)
DVD Distributors: MGM Home Entertainment (10001049)

USA
Theatrical Distributors: AIP
Video Distributors: MGM Home Entertainment

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: X; 18

USA
Rating: unrated

West Germany
Rating: 12

TIMELINE

1968
March
6: USA – theatrical release

1969
November
3: Sweden – theatrical release

1972
November
17: UK - rated X by the BBFC (for theatrical release, with cuts)

1990
May
11: UK - rated 18 by the BBFC (for video release, with no cuts)

1993
May
6: UK - rated 18 by the BBFC (for video release, with no cuts)

2004
January
21: UK - rated 18 by the BBFC (for video release, with no cuts)

April
5: UK - DVD release (MGM Home Entertainment (10001049))

POSTER TAGS

Taste a Moment of Madness...Listen to the Sound of Purple

Have You Ever TASTED FEAR or SMELLED MADNESS?

This Is The STRANGE WORLD Of The PLEASURE LOVERS!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Busca Alucinada - Brazilian title
Helvetesgänget - Swedish title
Kuumaa 60-lukua - Finnish title
Pasaporte a la locura - Spanish title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Head (1968)
The Trip (1967)

KEYWORDS

deafness, drugs, hallucinations, hippies, lsd, rock music

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009