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The Hippie Temptation

The Hippie Temptation

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 21, 1967

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

TV Movie, Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Hippie Temptation

Production Companies

CBS News Productions

Director

Warren Wallace

Description

CBS TV news special hosted by Harry Reasoner explores the way-out world of the Hippies and the Haight-Ashbury psychedelic 1960s LSD scene. Footage of LSDs users experiencing bummer trips. The Diggers, the Oracle and cool street and Golden Gate Park scenes with hippies tripping out. The Grateful Dead are interviewed and are shown performing "Dancin' in the Streets" on a flatbed truck in Golden Gate Park. The Hippie Temptation!