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Release Information: January 29, 1970; New York; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); January 29, 1970; New York; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); January 29, 1970; Montréal (Le Dauphin, salle Renoir) with French sub-titles; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); January 29, 1970; Montréal (Le Dauphin, salle Renoir) with French sub-titles; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 20, 1970; New York; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 20, 1970; New York; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 20, 1970; Montréal (Le Dauphin, salle Renoir) with French sub-titles; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 20, 1970; Montréal (Le Dauphin, salle Renoir) with French sub-titles; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

Budget: Actual cost: $136,000

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Executive Producer: Robin Spry; Robin Spry; Robin Spry; Robin Spry; Robin Spry; Robin Spry; Tom Daly

88 minutes, 1968

One critic described this film as an "immensely appealing and articulate exploration of the world of the drop-out, which makes almost everything else in the recent spate of films about hippydom seem adolescent." Prologue concerns a young Montréaler who edits an underground newspaper. He and his female companion are joined by a young draft dodger from the United States. In the choices they make, the two rival philosophies of dissenting youth become evident: militant protest or communal retreat. The film includes some of the bloody rioting in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic Convention. Also seen and heard in the film is anti-war and civil rights spokesman Abbie Hoffman.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

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