Comedy · United States of America · 1989 · 1h 38m

Rude Awakening

Director

Cast

Cheech Marin as Jesús Monteya Eric Roberts as Fred Wook Julie Hagerty as Petra Black Robert Carradine as Sammy Margolin Louise Lasser as Ronnie Summers Buck Henry as Lloyd Stool

Crew

Newton Thomas Sigel — Director of Photography Paul Fried — Editor Jonathan Elias — Original Music Composer Neil Levy — Screenplay Richard LaGravenese — Screenplay Aaron Russo — Producer

Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

David Greenwalt Director Aaron Russo Director Newton Thomas Sigel Director of Photography Paul Fried Editor Jonathan Elias Original Music Composer Neil Levy Screenplay Richard LaGravenese Screenplay Aaron Russo Producer Mel Bourne Production Design

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