Skidoo Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Otto Preminger
Genres: Comedy, Crime
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Producer and director Otto_Preminger reportedly experimented with LSD in the late 60's, which inspired him to make this notorious comedy in which Jackie_Gleason plays Tony, a mid-level gangster and former hired killer not very happy with his life. He bickers a lot with his wife Flo (Carol_Channing) and isn't sure what to make of his daughter Darlene (Alexandra_Hay), especially since she started dating a hippie named Stash (John_Phillip_Law). Two of Tony's superiors, Angie (Frankie_Avalon) and Hechy (Cesar_Romero), order him to get arrested, go to prison and once behind bars whack "Blue Chips" Packard (Mickey_Rooney). Though he's not pleased with the idea, Tony grudgingly goes along, but once inside, he's accidentally dosed with LSD by counterculture activist the Professor (Austin_Pendleton). His consciousness expanded by his trip, Tony leaves his violent lifestyle behind him and with the Professor's help plans an escape after turning the entire prison population on to acid. Certainly your only opportunity to see Groucho_Marx play a character named "God," not to mention a supporting cast that includes Slim_Pickens, Peter_Lawford, George_Raft, Frank_Gorshin and Arnold_Stang, Skidoo is also remembered as the film in which Harry_Nilsson sang all the credits. Mark Deming, Rovi
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