I Love You, Alice B. Toklas
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| Directed by | Hy Averback |
| Produced by | Pato Guzman Paul Mazursky Larry Tucker |
| Written by | Paul Mazursky Larry Tucker |
| Starring | Peter Sellers Jo Van Fleet Leigh Taylor-Young Joyce Van Patten David Arkin |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Editing by | Robert Jones |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
| Release date(s) | October 7, 1968 |
| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,100,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas is a 1968 romantic comedy film starring Peter Sellers, directed by Hy Averback and featuring music by Harpers Bizarre. The film is set in the counterculture of the 1960s. The cast includes David Arkin, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young (in her film debut) and a cameo by the script's co-writer Paul Mazursky. The title is a reference to writer Alice B. Toklas, who authored a 1954 cookbook that featured making cannabis brownies.
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Plot [edit]
Attorney Harold Fine (Sellers) is set to marry his longtime girlfriend Joyce, but is having deep second thoughts. He encounters his brother, a hippie living in Venice Beach, and falls for an attractive flower power hippie girl (played by Leigh Taylor-Young) who has a knack for making pot brownies. Harold ends up running out of his wedding to live with the hippie girl and attempts to find himself as well with the aid of a guru.
Cast [edit]
- Peter Sellers - Harold
- Jo Van Fleet - Mother
- Leigh Taylor-Young - Nancy
- Joyce Van Patten - Joyce
- David Arkin - Herbie
- Herb Edelman - Murray
- Salem Ludwig - Father
- Louis Gottlieb - Guru
- Grady Sutton - Funeral Director
- Janet E. Clark - Mrs. Foley (as Janet Clark)
- Jorge Moreno - Mr. Rodriguez
- Ed Peck - Man in Dress Shop
References [edit]
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1968", Variety, 8 January 1969 p 15. Please note this figure is a rental accruing to distributors.
External links [edit]
- I Love You, Alice B. Toklas at the Internet Movie Database
- I Love You, Alice B. Toklas at the TCM Movie Database
- I Love You, Alice B. Toklas at AllRovi
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