Pick-Up (1975 film)

Pick-Up is a 1975 American film directed by Bernard Hirschenson, marketed as an exploitation film full of sexy hippies, but praised by some critics for deeper artistic qualities.[1]

Pick-Up
Directed byBernard Hirschenson
Produced byBernard Hirschenson
John R. Winter
Screenplay byJohn R. Winter
StarringJill Senter
Alan Long
Gini Eastwood
CinematographyBernard Hirschenson
Production
company
Winter-Gregoravich Productions
Distributed byCrown International Pictures
Release date
  • 1975 (1975)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Two young women, free spirit Carol (Jill Senter) and introverted Maureen (Gini Eastwood) are hitchhiking when they are picked up by Chuck (Alan Long) in his mobile home. They disappear into the Florida Everglades where they have various symbolic experiences.

Production

It was the only feature film directed by Hirschenson, who was also an advertising man and documentary-maker.[1] It was produced and distributed by Crown International Pictures.

Critical reaction

From 1975, Film Review Digest gives it a mixed review: recognising its artistic pretensions, it says the filmmakers went "just about as far as they could dare in a commercial context".[2]

On its DVD release in 2007, DVD Drive-In praised it as more than exploitation cinema: they called it a "stylish art movie", comparing it to Easy Rider and the symbolist films of Alejandro Jodorowsky.[3] DVD Verdict also compared it to the work of Dennis Hopper, and compared it favorably to Michelangelo Antonioni's overblown Zabriskie Point.[4] The Onion AV Club described a typical scene as "Two hippies make love on a stone slab in a swamp; behind them dance a baggy-pants clown and a politician sporting a ludicrously oversized campaign button."[5] Buried.com scored it 5.9/10.[6]

Home media

It was released on DVD by BCI Eclipse in a 2-film pack with Howard Avedis's 1974 film The Teacher.

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References
  1. Guarisco, Donald. "Pick-up". Rovi/Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  2. Film review digest, Volume 1. Kraus-Thomson Organization. 1975. p. 298.
  3. Scott, Casey. "WELCOME TO THE GRINDHOUSE: PICK-UP (1975)/THE TEACHER (1974)". DVD Drive-In. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  4. Becker, Tom. "Welcome To The Grindhouse: The Teacher / Pick-Up". DVD Verdict. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  5. Murray, Noel (July 25, 2007). "Welcome To The Grindhouse". AV Club.
  6. "Pick-Up (1975)". Buried.com. 02.14.08. Retrieved 27 September 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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