The Hippie Temptation (1967)

08/21/1967 (US) • 50m

TV Movie, Documentary

Overview

CBS TV news special hosted by Harry Reasoner explores the way-out world of the Hippies and the Haight-Ashbury psychedelic 1960s LSD scene. Footage of LSDs users experiencing bummer trips. The Diggers, the Oracle and cool street and Golden Gate Park scenes with hippies tripping out. The Grateful Dead are interviewed and are shown performing "Dancin' in the Streets" on a flatbed truck in Golden Gate Park. The Hippie Temptation!

Top Billed Cast

Harry Reasoner

Uptight Narrator

Jerry Garcia

Dirty Hippie

Dr. David Smith

Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Doctor


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

drug abuse

free love

san francisco, california

dystopia

lsd

teenage rebellion

generation gap

summer of love

runaway teen

bad trip

1960s

hippies

trend

barefoot

teenager

vd

haight ashbury

uptight squares

free clinic

bummer

condesending

lazy

bandwagon

fad

pearl clutching

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