Storyline

Paul Groves (Peter Fonda), a television commercial director, is in the midst of a personality crisis. His wife Sally (Susan Strasberg) has left him and he seeks the help of his friend John (Bruce Dern), a self-styled guru who's an advocate of LSD. Paul asks John to be the guide on his first "trip". John takes Paul to a "freak-out" at his friend Max's (Dennis Hopper) pad. Splitting the scene, they score some acid from Max and return to John's split-level pad with an indoor/outdoor pool. Paul experiences visions of sex, death, strobe lights, flowers, dancing girls, witches, hooded riders, a torture chamber, and a dwarf. He panics but John tells him to "go with it, man." Would you trust John?—alfiehitchie

Plot Keywords

lsd, 1960s, water, male rear nudity, juice, washing machine, surrealism, flashback, fantasy sequence, indoor swimming pool, skinny dipping, closet, milk, breaking and entering, sarcasm, chicken as food, guilt, advertising, tv commercial, reference to jesse james

Short Review

The Trip is a psychedelic tour through the bent mind of Peter Fonda, which is evidently full of old movies.

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