HOLY MOUNTAIN, THE

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• Release Year: 1973
• Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science-Fiction
• Plot: John Lennon championed him, Dennis Hopper used him and Marilyn Manson loves him. Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of cinema's most controversial and influential filmmakers. In 1968 his scandalous debut Fando Y Lis caused a riot in Mexico. His ultra-violent underground El Topo dragged the hippy generation into the '70s, single-handedly invented the American Midnight Movie phenomenon and transformed its creator into a counterculture icon. With The Holy Mountain, his pop-alchemical follow-up, Jodorowsky tore apart the very fabric of film. After 35 years in the wilderness, the maverick visionary is back to shock and bedazzle audiences all over again.; -Ben Cobb, Anarchy And Alchemy: The Films Of Alejandro Jodorowsky; ; The Holy Mountain; The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism is a spiritual quest for enlightenment pitting illusion against truth. The Alchemist (Jodorowsky) assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.; -Alan Jones
• Cast: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara, Adriana Page, Burt Kleiner, Valerie Jodorowsky, Nicky Nichols, Richard Rutowski, Luis Lomeli, Ana De Sade, Jane Mitchell, Marcela López Rey, Ramiro Chávez Gochicoa, Manuel Dondé, Harry Cohn, Basilio González, Robert Taicher, Héctor Ortega, José Antonio Alcaraz, Guadalupe Perullero, Bobby Cameron, Pablo Leder, Jacqueline Voltaire, Marcela Ponzarelli, David Kapralik, Letícia Robles, Chucho-Chucho, Connie De La Mora, David Silva, Blanca Sánchez, Arielle Dombasle, Re Styles, Horacio Salinas, Rafael Corkidi, Federico Landeros, Don Cherry, Ronald Frangipane
• Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Runtime: 1:53
• Company: Starz / Anchor Bay
• Media Format: Movie