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Scenes from the Movie:

#1	#2	#3	#4
#5	#6	#7	#8

#1	"So we took the half-a-ton of garbage, put it in the back of a red VW microbus, took shovels and rakes and implements of destruction, and headed on toward the city dump."
#2	"Well, we got there and there was a big sign and a chain across the dump sayin', "CLOSED ON THANKSGIVING," and we'd never heard of a dump closed on Thanksgiving before, and with tears in our eyes, we drove off into the sunset lookin' for another place to put the garbage."
#3	"Drove back to the church, had a Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat, went to sleep, and didn't get up until the next morning, when we got a phone call from Officer Obie."
#4	"But when we got to the Police Officer Station, there was a THIRD possibility that we hadn't even counted upon, and we was both immediately arrested, handcuffed, and I said, 'Obie, I can't pick up the garbage with these here handcuffes on.'"
#5	"Obie looked at the seein' eye dog--then at the twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one and looked at the seein' eye dog. And then at the twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one and began to cry. Cause Obie came to the realization that it was a typical case of american blind justice and ther was nothin' he could do about it."
#6	Extra stuff to make it a feature length film.
#7	Arlo & Woody - extra stuff to make it a feature length film.
#8	Arlo & Pete at Woody's bedside - extra stuff to make it a feature length film.

About the Movie:

Strange though it may seem, the screenplay was even published in book format. Rutgers University library has it, so a library near you might have it as well. As Arlo said, the movie was not all him, because a lot was added to it about communes and so forth, which was separate from the story on the record.

Some interesting notes to the film:

James Broderick (Matthew Broderick's father) plays Ray, and the real Alice Brock can be seen in the film in a quick cameo - the credits list her simply as "girl" or something nondescript like that, but Alice is the chick in the scene where Arlo receives the call from officer Obie at the church. It's the scene where Arlo, while he is on the phone, seductively removes the apron thingy that Tina Chen is wearing (Alice is played by someone named Pat Quinn).

Also featured in the film is awonderful rendition of Joni Mitchell's "Songs to Aging Children" during the funeral scene, arguably one of the most beautifully filmed scenes in any movie I've ever seen. If you haven't seen it recently, rent it. It still holds up over time as many of the movies still do, contrary to what people are always saying about the 60's being over. There is a lot in the movie that people today can connect with. It's also worth seeing for Pete Seeger & Arlo's rendition of Woody's "Pastures of Plenty", possibly Woody's best song, at the deathbed of Arlo's father...

Although you may not find the video on the shelves at your local video store, it is still available...ask them if they can order it. Blockbuster can even order it for you. Also, it is still shown on A&E sometimes, especially around Thanksgiving and some video stores still have it to be rented. While it's no huge Hollywood blockbuster, it's definantly worth seeing at least once (some people even like it a lot).

When you're watching, note the scene in the beginning of the film when Arlo comes across a preacher healing cripples in a tent. Notice his demeanor, tone, and the expression of the faces on his adherents. And then compare this with Ray's tone following his second "marriage" to Alice at the end where he talks about selling the church and buying land.