Rude Awakening

"Two hippies came back from 1969 to get the bad news. Nobody wants to save the world anymore. They just want to buy it."

1989

1h 38m

4.5(29 votes)

Comedy

Overview

In the later 1960s, two hippies are forced to leave their friends as they are wanted by the FBI, who sees them as criminals. They hide in the jungle for 20 years, secluded from the outside world. In the later 1980s, the find out that a secret war is about to start in the US, and decide to return to New York to tell someone about it.

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53 members

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Cheech Marin

Jesús Monteya

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Eric Roberts

Fred Wook

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Julie Hagerty

Petra Black

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Robert Carradine

Sammy Margolin

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Louise Lasser

Ronnie Summers

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Buck Henry

Lloyd Stool

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Andrea Martin

April Stool

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Cindy Williams

June Margolin

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Cliff DeYoung

Agent Brubaker

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Dion Anderson

Dr. Binibon

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Peter Boyden

Dr. Childs

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Nicholas Wyman

Dr. Albert

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Michael Luciano

Merlin

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Amy Glass

Twin # 1

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Becky Glass

Twin # 2

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Ed Fry

Agent Drome

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Aaron Russo

Voice of fish

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Patrick John Hurley

Agent in jungle

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Daniel Chapman

Agent in jungle

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Greg Rex

Hippy Singer

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Timothy Leary

Diner at Ronnie's

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Jerry Rubin

Diner at Ronnie's

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Bobby Seale

Diner at Ronnie's

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Rosanna Iversen

La Fleck model

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Michael Louden

La Fleck model

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Charlie Gates

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Darrick Harris

La Fleck model

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Janet Harper

La Fleck model

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Peter Nevargic

Julian

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Elżbieta Czyżewska

Eema

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William Paulson

Phil

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Larry Attre

Agent Blandish

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Tom Sizemore

Ian

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Frederikke Borge

Mona

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Deena Levy

Wanda

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Kevin Dorman

Jay

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Davidson Thomson

Amos

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Timothy L. Haffern

Lance

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Rodney Clark

Cowboy

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Bradford Tatum

Student at school

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B.J. Jefferson

Newscaster

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Basia McCoy

Woman on street

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Dave King

Yuppie

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Edward James Hyland

Man at newsstand

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David Eigenberg

Lawrence

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Mitchell Riggs

Seth

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Hugh Hayes

Student on street

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Michelle Hurd

Student on street

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Dulcy Rogers

Student on street

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Bill Carraro

Agent on street

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David Peel

Happy Singer

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Rob Kramer

Aaron Russo (uncredited)

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Melora Walters

Punky (uncredited)

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