A 1990 American adventure comedy directed by Franco Amurri that has a hippie (Dennis Hopper) being chased by a yuppie FBI agent (Kiefer Sutherland).
The movie also stars Carol Kane, Paul Dooley, Cliff DeYoung, Richard Masur, Michael McKean, and Kathleen York.
It was released on February 2, 1990.
Tropes for the film:
- Actor Allusion / Celebrity Paradox: While disguised as John Buckner, Huey Walker tells a couple of ex-hippies, "It takes more than going down to your local video store and renting Easy Rider to be a rebel." Dennis Hopper, of course, directed, co-wrote and starred in that film.
- Based on a Great Big Lie: Huey Walker never disconnected the train Spiro Agnew was on, he just took credit for it.
- Commune: It is revealed that straightedlaced FBI agent John Buckner spent his childhood on a commune with his Hippie Parents, who named him "Free". He and hippie convict Huey Walker end up fleeing through the West Coast wilderness to that very same commune many years later.
- Foreshadowing: When Buckner is on the phone with the two ex-hippies who've kidnapped Walker (thinking he was an FBI agent), he immediately recognizes the bridge where they want to meet at, and Sheriff Hightower, puzzled, asks how he knows the area. We find out why later.
- Hippie Name: Over the course of the film, it is revealed that FBI yuppie agent John Buckner is the offspring of hippie parents, he grew up in a West Coast hippie commune, and his real name is Free.
- Hippie Parents: It is revealed that hippie-hating FBI agent Buckner was reared by extremely hippie parents on a commune.
- Hippie Van: A former hippie turned clean-cut conservative FBI agent Buckner is attempting to take in for trial an old hippie who has been on the run for decades for past federal offenses committed in the sixties. At one point in the film, he returns to the old commune where he grew up with the hippie in his custody and they drive off in an old converted hippie school bus.
- Slipping a Mickey: Walker claims to have put acid in Buckner's drink, though he admits later he was lying.
- Small-Town Tyrant: Sheriff Hightower, who tries to kill Buckner when Buckner plans to bring him up on charges for false arrest.
- Those Two Guys: Barry and Hal, the two ex-hippies who kidnap Walker under the mistaken impression he's an FBI agent.
