I Love You, Alice B. Toklas
| 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 |
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas is a 1968 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 addition cast includes David Arkin, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young, in her film debut, and a cameo by the film's co-author Paul Mazursky. The movie's title is a reference to writer Alice B. Toklas, who wrote a 1954 cookbook that featured making cannabis Brownies.
[edit] Plot
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.
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