Zabriskie Point

Cast View all

	Mark Frechette	Mark
	Daria Halprin	Daria
	Paul Fix	Cafe owner
	G.D. Spradlin	Lee's associate
	Bill Garaway	Morty
	Kathleen Cleaver	Kathleen
	Rod Taylor	Lee Allen
	Martin Abrahams	Radical student
	Michael L. Davis	Police lieutenant on loudspeaker
	Lee Duncan	Highway patrolman
	George Dunn	Airport mechanic
	Dennis Falt	University student
	Harrison Ford	Arrested student
	Jim Goldrup	College student
	Norman Grabowski	Man in Deli
	Bill Hickman	Gun store owner
	Kenner G. Kemp	Departing Plane Passenger
	Peter Lake	Documentary cameraman
	Wesley Lau	Company Executive
	Cec Linder	White-faired executive
	Boyd 'Red' Morgan	Policeman
	Bruce Neckels	Bill
	Tom Steele	Tom - Security Guard
	William Watson	Highway Patrol Officer
	Johnny Wilson	Man

Crew View all

Director	Michelangelo Antonioni
Writer	Michelangelo Antonioni, Franco Rossetti, Sam Shepard, Tonino Guerra, Clare Peploe
Producer	Carlo Ponti, Harrison Starr
Musician	Jerry Garcia, Pink Floyd
Photography	Alfio Contini

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Notes

Zabriskie Point is a 1970 film by Michelangelo Antonioni that depicts the U.S. counterculture movement of that time. It sympathetically relays the story of a young couple - an idealistic young secretary, and a militant radical - that brings forth an anti-establishment message.

The cult film stars Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin, neither of whom had any previous acting experience. The screenplay was written by Antonioni, fellow Italian filmmaker Franco Rossetti, American playwright Sam Shepard, prolific screenwriter Tonino Guerra and Clare Peploe, wife of Bernardo Bertolucci. The film was the second of three English-language films that Antonioni had been contracted to direct for producer Carlo Ponti and to be distributed by MGM. The other two films were Blowup (1966) and The Passenger (1975).

The film's title refers to Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, the location of the film's famous desert love scene, in which members of the Open Theatre simulate an orgy. The U.S. Justice Department investigated the film and questioned whether the orgy scene violated the Mann Act in which women were taken across state lines for sexual purposes. However producers pointed out that no sex had actually taken place and that no state line had ever been crossed since Death Valley is in California.

The soundtrack album, Zabriskie Point, features music from various artists, including Pink Floyd, The Youngbloods, The Kaleidoscope, Jerry Garcia, Patti Page, and the Grateful Dead. A Rolling Stones track ("You Got the Silver") did not appear on the soundtrack album. The songs by Pink Floyd, Jerry Garcia, and The Kaleidoscope were written for the film.

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