A young man played by Morrison wanders the desert until eventually driving to Los Angeles.A young man played by Morrison wanders the desert until eventually driving to Los Angeles.A young man played by Morrison wanders the desert until eventually driving to Los Angeles.
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- TriviaThe film was shot in the month of March 1969. The doors were banned from touring and had shows cancelled after the Miami incident a month prior .
- Quotes
The Hitchhiker: Is this T.J. or L.A.? I get mixed up sometime.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits are painted on a highway and the camera pans up the screen. There are no closing credits.
- ConnectionsEdited into When You're Strange (2009)
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An interesting experiment by Morrison and his pals that is ultimately worth watching today if you are a Doors/Morrison fan.
I was listening to the 1970 Rolling Stone interview with Jim Morrison and he had mentioned a film he made with some friends a few months beforehand about a hitchhiker who comes out of the desert and travels to LA.
"What's it about?" the interviewer asked.
"It doesn't really have a plot," said Morrison.
Very true. This unfinished project made by Morrison and his friends was really just an experiment in film-making. Morrison originally went to the University of California (I believe) and was a film major, and he continued to express a deep interest in film later on in his musical career.
If you are a Doors fan or a fan of Morrison in general then this will probably appeal to you. It's about fifty minutes long and begins with Morrison (The Hitchhiker) emerging from a small pool of water in some woods and he makes a trek to the highway, where he gets a ride and goes to LA. That's all that happens.
If you have no interest in Morrison you probably won't find this very engaging - but for a fan of The Doors such as myself it's an interesting, rare slice of Morrison's creative work outside of music and poetry.
"What's it about?" the interviewer asked.
"It doesn't really have a plot," said Morrison.
Very true. This unfinished project made by Morrison and his friends was really just an experiment in film-making. Morrison originally went to the University of California (I believe) and was a film major, and he continued to express a deep interest in film later on in his musical career.
If you are a Doors fan or a fan of Morrison in general then this will probably appeal to you. It's about fifty minutes long and begins with Morrison (The Hitchhiker) emerging from a small pool of water in some woods and he makes a trek to the highway, where he gets a ride and goes to LA. That's all that happens.
If you have no interest in Morrison you probably won't find this very engaging - but for a fan of The Doors such as myself it's an interesting, rare slice of Morrison's creative work outside of music and poetry.
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- MovieAddict2016
- Jul 17, 2006
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- The Hitchhiker
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- Tahquitz Canyon, Palm Springs, California, USA(opening sequence)
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- $30,000 (estimated)
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By what name was HWY: An American Pastoral (1969) officially released in Canada in English?
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