Summary
From the author of Awakenings comes a heartwarming tale of a father and son, who find a connection through the music that embodied the generation gap of the 1960s. An unforgettable soundtrack features the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Crosby Stills and Nash, and many more.Nearly twenty years after a heated argument between Henry and his son Gabriel, he learns that his estranged son has been found wandering the streets in a daze. Gabriel is diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury that leaves him thinijg he's still in 1968 and in the midst of Vietnam, acid tests and psychedelic music. With the help of a music therapist, Gabriel is able to express himself through the artists that defined the sixties generation.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Fathers and sons
-- Drama.
Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Drama. Conflict of generations -- Drama. Rock music -- Drama. Rock music -- 1961-1970 -- Drama. Psychedelic rock music -- Drama. Feature films. Melodrama. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Film adaptations. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Santa Monica, Calif. :Lions Gate Films,2011 |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Contributors |
Noll, Julie W.
Lurie, Gwyn. Marks, Gary. Kohlberg, Jim. Cantelon, Paul. Kazmierski, Stephen. Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015. Simmons, J. K. Pucci, Lou Taylor, 1985- Seymour, Cara. Ormond, Julia. Roadside Attractions (Firm) Essential Pictures (Firm) Peter Newman Productions. InterAL Productions. Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.) |
| Participants/Performers |
J. K. Simmons, Lou Taylor Pucci, Cara Seymour, Julia Ormond. |
| Other Contributors |
Music, Paul Cantelon; editor, Keith Reamer; director of photography, Steve Kazmierski. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements, some mild drug references, language and smoking. |
| Language |
English Spanish In English; with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Based on the essay "The last hippie" by Oliver Sacks. DVD release of the 2011 motion picture. Special features: audio commentary with director; interviews with author, Oliver Sacks; cast interviews; deleted scenes; trailers. |
| System Details |
DVD; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 6314316154 9786314316150 |
| Other | Classic View |