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(More customer reviews)Nothin' in the world better than an old hippie movie, and I just got finished watching one: Cisco Pike.
Faded rock star Cisco (Kris Kristofferson) promised his girlfriend (Karen Black) that he's all done dealing pot. If he gets convicted a third time he'll get five years. Enter the crooked narc, Sergeant Leo Holland, played by that loveable bastard Gene Hackman. He's got a truckload of high quality weed that he's forcing Cisco to sell in 48 hours or he's gonna bust him again.
Then the fun begins. Along the way we meet Doug Sahm who plays an extremely wired Tex-Mex singer (what a stretch) and the perma-weird Harry Dean Stanton as Cisco's ex-bandmate, not to mention a couple of the flakiest hippie chicks you're likely to meet in Venice California, circa 1972. I learned a few important facts from this film. For example: You can tell an undercover narc by looking at his socks (they're always white). Also, if you get pulled over by a cop, eat the pot! If he asks you what you're chewing, say gum!
I enjoyed the heck out of this movie. It was Kristofferson's first, and he displayed an effortless manner of acting, sort of the way his whole life has been: effortless. And I gotta tell ya, ol' Kris was one sexy dude back then, wasn't he girls? I wish I had that squint, that swagger, that rail-thin frame, that tousled hair, that growl of a voice, those cowboy boots...Damn, I just wish I wrote some of those songs!
After listening to some of his early music and seeing this movie I've come to the conclusion that Kris Kristofferson is a national treasure. Let's ring him up and tell him before it's too late.
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