Before The Trip starts, an earnest middle-aged voice warns us that we’re about to witness “a shocking commentary on a prevalent trend of our time”. This is Roger Corman’s ass-covering joke at Middle America’s expense:his 1967 drugzploitation classic is nothing more than Jack Nicholson’s paean to lysergic acid. Ad exec Peter Fonda takes the trip in question, encountering sundry LA groovers along the way: Bruce Dern, the inevitable Dennis Hopper, even an unknown Gram Parsons. Turn on and tune in!
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