I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!

1968
15
1h 32m

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6.2/10

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Peter Sellers and Leigh Taylor-Young in I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)

A thirty-something square falls in love with a hippie and decides to "drop out" himself.

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A thirty-something square falls in love with a hippie and decides to "drop out" himself.A thirty-something square falls in love with a hippie and decides to "drop out" himself.A thirty-something square falls in love with a hippie and decides to "drop out" himself.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

3.5K

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Awards
- 5 nominations total

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8/10

Seller's Life Story

Peter Seller's (modern) comedy is set in early 70's California. In many ways, this coming of age comedy is the story of Peter Sellers. Leaving his wife for the single life and "swinging" with several women until marrying his 5th or 6th wife, Sellers kept moving, searching for something else. Much like the final scene, Sellers is seen alone running after the unknown as he continues to find himself. While this is a comedy, the movie has many (hidden) dramas among the mix of laughter and jokes. Also, the movie uses many stereotypes to get laughs. Not that PC for today's audience, it is still funny. Having 10 Mexicans in 1 car, having the Jewish family ask how much the bumper cost at the garage, the hippies preaching peace and the yuppies talking about sex all get laughs in this Peter Sellers comedy.

caspian1978
Feb 28, 2005
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Trivia
Director Hy Averback said in an interview that one day Peter Sellers refused to shoot a scene until a crew member standing off camera changed clothes. The superstitious Sellers claimed the outfit was the "wrong color". Shooting had to stop while they went to wardrobe and got a different color outfit for the crew member.

Goofs
Cops stop the psychedelic hippie hearse right in front of the same supermarket that is seen in background several miles back when they began pursuing vehicle in the opposite direction.

Quotes
Nancy: Your attitude is very unhip.
Harold: My attitude is unhip? Don't give me that. Don't - listen, I'm probably the hippest guy around here. I got a house full of strangers. I got cats, I got dogs, I got pot, I got acid, I got LSD cubes. I've got this thing here. Don't tell me about hip. I am so hip it hurts. That's how hip I am.
Nancy: It's very unhip to say you're hip, Harold.
Harold: And it's very unhip of you to tell me that I am unhip.