An American Hippie in Israel Blu-ray finally resurrects one of cult cinema’s most notorious lost oddities, presented by Grindhouse Releasing in a deluxe home video edition. Writer-director Amos Sefer’s surreal, confrontational fever dream collides counterculture excess with political provocation, unleashing machine-gun-wielding mimes, robots, sharks, free-love chaos and unfiltered anti-war monologues from raving hippies pushed to the edge. Long whispered about and rarely seen, the film stands as a uniquely unhinged artifact of early-1970s underground cinema, equal parts exploitation, allegory and outsider art. This An American Hippie in Israel Blu-ray restores the original U.S. theatrical version and contextualizes its cult legacy with extensive archival and newly produced extras.
directed by: Amos Sefer
starring: Asher Tzarfati, Shmuel Wolf, Susan Devore
1972 / 94 min
An American Hippie in Israel [Deluxe Edition] [Blu-Ray] w/o slip
BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
• New high-definition digital restoration of the original U.S. theatrical version
• Six controversial scenes deleted from the original release
• In-depth interviews with stars Asher Tzarfati and Shmuel Wolf
• Asher Tzarfati: An Israeli Actor in Israel featurette
• Interview with production manager Moshe Berman
• Interview with singer and co-star Susan Devore
• Channel 10 Tel Aviv news segment
• A Cult Is Born featurette on the film’s revival in Tel Aviv
• 16mm screen tests
• Be Careful Children, Amos Sefer 16mm short film
• Bonus 5.1 audio track recreating The Beverly Cinema experience
• Liner notes by horror novelist John Skipp
• Still galleries, trailer and filmographies
• Optional Hebrew subtitles
• Grindhouse Releasing previews of coming attractions

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