{"id":15685,"date":"2011-01-27T15:52:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T22:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15685"},"modified":"2020-12-08T21:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T04:49:00","slug":"skidoo-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15685","title":{"rendered":"Skidoo (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You are a backwards step in the evolution of mankind!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Poster-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-56558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Poster-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Poster-671x1024.png 671w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Poster.png 723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn ex-con (Jackie Gleason) is summoned by his former crime boss (Groucho Marx) to kill a prison inmate (Mickey Rooney); meanwhile, his daughter (Alexandra Hay) is seduced by a group of hippies (including John Phillip Law) who move in with her and her mother (Carol Channing).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cesar Romero Films<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Counterculture<\/li>\n<li>Ex-Cons<\/li>\n<li>Gangsters<\/li>\n<li>Mickey Rooney Films<\/li>\n<li>Otto Preminger Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nOtto Preminger&#8217;s notoriously <em>bad<\/em> counterculture comedy only played in theaters for about a week (Vincent Canby of the <em>New York Times<\/em> called it &#8220;something&#8230; for people whose minds need pressing by a heavy, flat object&#8221;), and was only recently released for home viewing. Nonetheless, it&#8217;s developed a strong cult following by those who consider its very existence a juicy feat to behold. Gathering together an eclectic host of &#8220;big names&#8221; (including a surprising number of TV actors), Preminger puts his characters into situations that simply defy logic and expectations; indeed, whatever one feels about the ultimate success of the film &#8212; and opinions vary wildly! &#8212; what definitively can<u>not<\/u> be denied is that one is never sure exactly what will happen next. <\/p>\n<p>The brief synopsis provided above only hints at the wacky trajectory of <em>Skidoo<\/em>&#8216;s storyline, which eventually devolves into massive LSD tripping and the most creative prison break ever depicted on-screen. Preminger had apparently experimented with acid himself, and was genuinely interested in attempting to portray such experiences on film &#8212; indeed, it&#8217;s Preminger&#8217;s <em>sincerity<\/em> with the entire venture that ultimately affords it its campy seal of &#8220;approval&#8221;. Taken strictly on face value &#8212; as an earnest attempt to tell a tale of redemption and cross-cultural understanding &#8212; the characters and situations are undeniably ludicrous and naive; viewed as a wacky congruence of fearless caricatures and boldly outrageous scenarios, it may provide you with just the type of cinematic misadventure you can&#8217;t look away from. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maybe &#8211; just maybe &#8211; the hallucinogenic &#8220;Dance of the Garbage Cans&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Garbage-Cans.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Garbage-Cans.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Garbage-Cans.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Garbage-Cans-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Garbage-Cans-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The truly unique (entirely sung) closing credits<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Closing-Credits.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Closing-Credits.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Closing-Credits.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Closing-Credits-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Skidoo-Closing-Credits-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply for its bad-movie cult notoriety. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0063612\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1969\/03\/06\/archives\/screen-skidoo-a-film-for-premingerwatchers.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3555skid.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmvault.com\/filmvault\/austin\/s\/skidoo1.html\">Austin Chronicle Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/skidoo-1968#:~:text=Otto%20Preminger's%20%22Skidoo%22%20fails%20mostly,with%20any%20lightness%20or%20spontaneity.\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/90381\/skidoo#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You are a backwards step in the evolution of mankind!&#8221; Synopsis: An ex-con (Jackie Gleason) is summoned by his former crime boss (Groucho Marx) to kill a prison inmate (Mickey Rooney); meanwhile, his daughter (Alexandra Hay) is seduced by a group of hippies (including John Phillip Law) who move in with her and her mother (Carol Channing). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cesar Romero Films Comedy Counterculture Ex-Cons Gangsters Mickey Rooney Films Otto Preminger Films Review: Otto Preminger&#8217;s notoriously bad&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15685\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15685"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56561,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15685\/revisions\/56561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}