Rude Awakening

"Two hippies came back from 1969 to get the bad news. Nobody wants to save the world anymore. They just want to buy it."

Aug 16 1989 R 1h 40m
Comedy

In the later 1960s, two hippies are forced to leave their friends as they are wanted by the FBI, who sees them as criminals. They hide in the jungle for 20 years, secluded from the outside world. In the later 1980s, the find out that a secret war is about to start in the US, and decide to return to New York to tell someone about it.

Plot

In the late 1960s, two hippies are forced to leave their friends as they are wanted by the FBI, who see them as criminals. They hide in the jungle for 20 years, secluded from the outside war. In the late 1980s, they find out that a secret war is about to start in the US, and decided to return to New York to tell someone about it. What they find when they return is that all of their fellow hippies have become rich yuppies, like everyone else, and that no one wants to save the world anymore -- they just want to buy it.

Written by

Neil Levy, Richard LaGravenese

Directed by

David Greenwalt, Aaron Russo

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Cineplex-Odeon Films, Aaron Russo Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,514
Average Rating
4.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA