I Love You Alice B. Toklas (1968)

Synopsis: The chameleonic Peter Sellers (DR. STRANGELOVE, THE PINK PANTHER) plays Harold Fine, a mild-mannered Jewish lawyer rapidly approaching middle-age. He has an overbearing mother, a bland finance, and... The chameleonic Peter Sellers (DR. STRANGELOVE, THE PINK PANTHER) plays Harold Fine, a mild-mannered Jewish lawyer rapidly approaching middle-age. He has an overbearing mother, a bland finance, and his life seems doomed to be forever "square." His world flips upside down when he runs into Nancy (Leigh Taylor-Young), a groovy flower-power girl who cooks a mean batch of "hash brownies." Faster than you can say, "Helter-Skelter," Harold grows out his hair, trades in his briefcase for bellbottoms, and dives into the free lovin' scene of the swinging sixties. Eventually, however, Harold has to face that fact that he's not completely cut out for the hippie lifestyle. Filled with humor and sly insight, I LOVE YOU ALICE B. TOKLAS neither condemns nor glorifies the counterculture; rather, the film shows both the seductive and problematic facets of the psychedelic age. With brilliant performances from Sellers and the lovely Taylor-Young, and a rollicking rock soundtrack, I LOVE YOU ALICE B. TOKLAS remains an irreverent and witty testament to a time of hope and change. [More]

Starring: Joyce Van Patten, Leigh Taylor-Young, Peter Sellers

Starring: Joyce Van Patten, Leigh Taylor-Young, Peter Sellers

Director: Hy Averback

Director: Hy Averback
Screenwriter: Paul Mazursky

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