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3	''The Trip'' is a 1967 American psychedelic drama film, produced and directed by Creator/RogerCorman and written by Creator/JackNicholson.
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5	It follows Paul Groves (Creator/PeterFonda), a director of television commercials in the process of divorcing his wife Sally (Susan Strasberg). In the hopes of finding meaning, he takes 250 micrograms of LSD, with the help of dealer Max (Creator/DennisHopper) and trip sitter John (Creator/BruceDern).
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8	!!''The Trip'' contains examples of:
9	* AndStarring: "Starring Peter Fonda."
10	* BlackCloak: Paul alternately pursues and is pursued by two [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Ringwraith]]-esque beings in black hooded cloaks riding dark horses. [[spoiler:At the end of his trip, they corner him on a beach and pull back their hoods, revealing themselves as Sally and Glenn.]]
11	* CharacterTics: Before his trip starts, Paul rubs his fingers together and at one point walks his hand along a railing.
12	* CrucifiedHeroShot: Done a number of times. In one shot, he has an actual cross behind him.
13	* CuttingBackToReality: The film cuts back and forth between Paul's hallucinations and his real life; for example, as he drinks from a dish of stew held by the dwarf in a forest, there's a quick cut to him sipping from a glass of wine in John's apartment.
14	* {{Fanservice}}: There's a topless dancer in the nightclub Paul wanders into, as well as PG-13-rated nudity from Sally and Glenn (Salli Sachse), a hippie girl Paul becomes infatuated with, and a scene of Paul naked from behind.
15	* FreezeFrameEnding: The movie ends with a freeze-frame of Paul's face. ExecutiveMeddling forced the filmmakers to add on a "shattered glass" effect in order to imply that his mind has been broken and traumatized by his LSD experience, even though there's nothing else in the closing scene to suggest that his LSD trip hurt him.
16	* FunWithAcronyms: The film's tagline is "A '''L'''ovely '''S'''ort of '''D'''eath."
17	* LensFlare: During one of the shots of Paul running around in the desert.
18	* LiteralMinded: One of the effects of the LSD.
19	-->'''Waitress''': What can I get for you?\
20	'''Paul''': Me?\
21	'''Waitress''': No, not you, that guy over there.\
22	'''Paul''': Oh.\
23	'''Waitress''': Okay, wise guy, what do you want to drink?
24	* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: A dwarf appears in the forest scene, helping his much larger friend prepare a stew. Later, he reappears on the carousel, where he yells, "[[UsefulNotes/BayOfPigsInvasion Bay of Pigs]]!"
25	* OpeningScroll: The movie opens with a "Foreword" calling it a "shocking commentary on a prevalent concern of our time" and warning that the illegal manufacture and consumption of LSD can have fatal consequences.
26	* SingleMaltVision: Many of Paul's hallucinations feature quadruple, quintuple, or sextuple vision.
27	* SleepMask: John has Paul wear one for a few minutes at the very beginning of his trip.
28	* TearsOfBlood: One scene has Paul with red tears pouring down his face, holding what looks like a child's dismembered arm, while Sally stands across from him with blood dabbed on her face.
29	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Used in the sex scenes with Sally and Glenn.
30	* TroubledFetalPosition: When Paul's trip turns bad, he curls up on John's couch, saying, "Oh, I'm dead. I'll never get back. My body's gone."

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