Toklas is a 1968 romantic comedy film starring peter sellers, directed by hy averback with music by harpers bizarre. His life changes when he falls in love with nancy, a freespirited, innocent, and beautiful young hippie. The next, you chuck it all for beads, bellbottoms and free love. Toklas 1968 hy averback on allmovie one of the few 1960s satires of the hippie.
By the end of it i was feeling a certain amount of resentment at having been had, along with alice b. A film with a tomatometer rating of exactly 17% on rotten tomatoes. The film s title is a tribute to gertrude steins lifelong partner, alice b. Its a comedy and romance movie with a very low rotten tomatoes critics. Toklas stars peter sellers, jo van fleet, leigh tayloryoung, joyce van patten the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of out of. Peter sellers, whose flowerpower performance here is in the same league as dr. The cast includes david arkin, jo van fleet, leigh tayloryoung in her film debut and a cameo by the scripts cowriter paul mazursky. This first half of the film is the best, as sellers gradually bends the middleclass into. After earning writing credits on the rifleman, the monkees, and the danny kaye show, paul mazursky cowrote the peter sellers counterculture comedy, i love you, alice b. But please, we rely on you, bob, so much so that we think our admiration merits your highest level of integrity on our behalf.
This first half of the film is the best, as sellers gradually bends the middleclass into nonclass. Toklas, who published a cookbook in 1954 that contained the first printed recipe for hash fudge. The saga of om dedicated lawyer to dedicated dropout. I love you alice b toklas peter sellers 1968 photo print 16 x 20. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. A thirtysomething square falls in love with a hippie and decides to drop out himself. One day youre a career 9to5er with a pending marriage the next, you. Toklas is an english movie directed by hy averback released in the year 1968. Toklas, whose name, apparently, is to become an automatic laugh, like smog and girdle. The cast includes david arkin, jo van fleet, leigh tayloryoung in her film debut and a. In one of the movies most famous scenes harold fine unknowingly serves marijuanalaced brownies baked by nancy to his parents and fiancee. Toklas by harpers bizarre brett sonicblu blumfield.
Toklas 1968 successful, straitlaced jewish lawyer harold fine peter sellers takes a walk on the wild side after reluctantly agreeing to marry his longtime girlfriend. But you re so possessive, you re making me uptight about us. Toklas the 1968 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. The films title is a tribute to gertrude steins lifelong partner, alice b. It was a classic portrayal of what the world was like in the late sixties for young drifters and typical of the attraction the times had for older men and the burgeoning concept of free love. Toklas je americka filmska komedija snimljena 1968. Toklas 1968 making groovy brownies watch i love you alice b. Toklas 1968 hy averback on allmovie time has not been kind to this film, which has. Just pleading for a return to real quality, and thanking you in advance. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent i love you, alice b.
If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and. Wikiproject film rated stubclass this article is within the scope of wikiproject film. Thats how things are for harold fine, a dedicated lawyer about to become a more dedicated dropout. A child of the 60s and i did smile all along the movie, evoking old days of great fashion and stylr, when modernism still had manners and class. Nous offrons des informations sur i love you, alice b. For starters, despite it starring peter sellers, i had never heard of it until coming across a clip on youtube several months ago while searching for something else.
Offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of austin, texas. He plays a single man of about 35, a lawyer with a great respect for appearances, who finally agrees out of politeness to marry the girl hes been dating for several years. The cast includes david arkin, jo van fleet, leigh tayloryoung in her film debut and a cameo by the. Elmer bernstein soundtrack music from i love you, alice. The establishment meets the counterculture in this topical and often. First feature film offering from writerdirector paul mazursky an unmarried woman, down and. The film is set in the counterculture of the 1960s.