The movie's disappointing box-office result has often been contributed to the fact that the fans of Arnold Schwarzenegger did not appreciate their hero effectively spoofing himself, as well as the action genre that had made him great. However, time apparently seems to have made audiences much kinder to this movie and its type of self-aware humor. Schwarzenegger's next movie, True Lies (1994), which had a more subtle form of self-parody, did much better critically and financially, as did The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012), and The Expendables 3 (2014), where Schwarzenegger parodied some of his famous trademarks. In fact, characters becoming aware of their own movie conventions became a big thing in the Scream (1996) franchise, and Danny's observation that villains often make the mistake of laying out their entire plan in a lengthy monologue was effectively re-used in The Incredibles (2004).
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Some of the music was provided by the group The Electric Flag.
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The film cast includes four Oscar nominees: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Peter Bogdanovich and Bruce Dern.
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The band in the club near the beginning is the International Submarine Band, featuring Gram Parsons on vocals. However, their early country-rock sounds were removed and the psychedelic sounds of The Electric Flag were dubbed into the film.
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Roger Corman also took LSD before starting the film, figuring he couldn't make a film about LSD without trying it himself. He had a good experience, and had to ask others what a "bad trip" was like in order to incorporate it into the film.
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The film was rejected for a UK certificate 4 times by the BBFC (in 1967, 1971, 1980 and 1988) as it was considered an advertisement for the use of LSD. The film was shown uncut on the FilmFour satellite channel in 2002 and finally given a fully uncut UK DVD certificate in January 2004, almost 37 years after its first BBFC submission.
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According to Bruce Dern, Jack Nicholson wrote the part of John for himself. Roger Corman, however, would not agree to Nicholson playing the role and chose Dern instead.
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Bruce Dern wanted nothing to do with the drug culture, and had to ask director Roger Corman what LSD was in order to prepare for his role.
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In order to prepare for the film, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson all engaged in a group LSD trip.
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Only American film to be invited to the Cannes Film Festival in 1967.
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Jack Nicholson wrote this screenplay for Corman based on his own experience of taking LSD under controlled laboratory conditions and also on his marriage break-up with first wife, Sandra Knight.
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Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Luana Anders reunited in Easy Rider (1969). Jack Nicholson, who wrote this movie, appeared in Hopper's film as well.
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Bruce Dern's line "Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream" is from The Beatles' song "Tomorrow Never Knows", which John Lennon wrote as a summation of his reading of "The Psychedelic Experience", which in turn was adapted from "The Tibetan Book of the Dead".
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According to Peter Fonda, he got visibly aroused while filming his nude scene with Salli Sachse. "Salli just clamped her legs together to keep it out of sight," Fonda said, and that director Roger Corman continued to film regardless.
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Trip - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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