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Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.
James Rado
- Jim
- (as Jim Rado)
Gerome Ragni
- Jerry
- (as Jerry Ragni)
Peter Bogdanovich
- Peter
- (uncredited)
Lyndon B. Johnson
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Ethel Kennedy
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Robert F. Kennedy
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Coretta Scott King
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Michael McClure
- The Beard Writer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaJim Morrison: Agnès Varda originally wanted Jim Morrison to play one of the male leads. He declined, though he visited the production during filming and can be briefly seen as an audience member of the theater performance of "The Beard" in the opening scene.
- Quotes
Viva: Even if he is corrupt, at least he does it with style.
Jim: Viva, you're too much.
Viva: Of course, all politics is the same thing. They're just better actors. Much better actors. If you were as good an actor as Bobby Kennedy you'd be where Bobby Kennedy is up on the podium.
Jim: Who wants to be up there? You could get killed.
Viva: Influencing the masses.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Varda by Agnès: Causeries 1 (2019)
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I checked this movie out as it sounded interesting as it starred Warhol discovery Viva and the writers of the musical "Hair" and was filmed by Agnes Varda who made "Cleo from 5 to 7". I was looking forward to seeing this but was so disappointed because it is a terrible and amateurish film with unappealing characters.
Rado and Ragni should never have stepped in front of a camera. (Instead they should have been busy writing a new hit musical.) It is now clear to me why Viva never became a movie star and why this movie now is forgotten and unseen. Shirley Clark is the only interesting person in it and I wonder what this movie would have been without the Kennedy assassination.
It's ironic that the film studio people in the film talk about having the final cut of a film project and how the Clarke's agent wants her to retain creative control over her film. This film HAD been better with a lot of editing, cutting out all of Viva, Rado and Ragni (but the there wouldn't have been anything left!).
What could have been a cult documentary of the scene in 1969 California is just an incredibly dull because of Varda's choice of lead characters. Just because these people had been involved in some cool 60's projects did not mean that they were worthy of being subjects of a documentary. The only funny part is when they discuss pregnancy and how it would be good to speed up the process.
Rado and Ragni should never have stepped in front of a camera. (Instead they should have been busy writing a new hit musical.) It is now clear to me why Viva never became a movie star and why this movie now is forgotten and unseen. Shirley Clark is the only interesting person in it and I wonder what this movie would have been without the Kennedy assassination.
It's ironic that the film studio people in the film talk about having the final cut of a film project and how the Clarke's agent wants her to retain creative control over her film. This film HAD been better with a lot of editing, cutting out all of Viva, Rado and Ragni (but the there wouldn't have been anything left!).
What could have been a cult documentary of the scene in 1969 California is just an incredibly dull because of Varda's choice of lead characters. Just because these people had been involved in some cool 60's projects did not mean that they were worthy of being subjects of a documentary. The only funny part is when they discuss pregnancy and how it would be good to speed up the process.
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- nickrogers1969
- Feb 14, 2013
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- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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