Product Details

• Actors: George Morgan (II), Rex King, Toni Basil, Ronald Nealy, Stan Gottlieb
• Directors: Robert Downey Sr.
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 11, 2000
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305907870
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #105,831 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
A combination of the Old West and the New Testament; a zoot-suited drifter (Allan Arbus) discovers his true calling and begins to perform miracles. What he really prefers though is doing his boogie-woogie song-and-dance act. In his wanderings he attracts many followers and finally gets to play The Palace, a saloon run by ruthless Seaweed Greaser (Albert Henderson). The act is a success, but Greaser's spoiled daughter, Cholera (Luana Anders), his hitherto star, is furious--"A man with holes in his hands is a bigger hit than me?"--and all according to the Gospel of cult filmmaker Robert Downey (Putney Swope, Pound).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get Ready For This One!, June 7, 2000

By	Brian F. McGee "seaweedhead" (Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This movie is amazing. Amazing in the way it effects people. One in five will love it, the other four will hate it, all five will never stop talking about it. I saw this movie when it hit the theaters in NYC in 1970. I, as everybody else in the theater, was confused. For some reason we thought the movie was a fifties revival movie. No one was prepared to see a return of Jesus to the wild west. I bought a copy of this movie and view it at least once a year. It takes me a year to recover. After viewing it many times with others, the power of this movie never fails to exert itself on it's viewers. I have aquaintances who saw this move over twelve years ago. They still bring it up (or blame me for it) when they see me now. About four years ago I read the Bagavad Gita a number of times. One of the many insights I enjoyed was .... "what Greasers Palace was about." After viewing this movie numerous times since 1970, I finally got it. It is worth getting and viewing this movie and trying to figure out why it upsets people so much. Greasers Palace does something to dig into the psyche. When I watch Mick Jagger in the movie "Performance," I wonder how that movie could have become the leading cause of in-theater violence in U.S. history. Like "Greasers Palace," it makes you wonder.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Instant B-fest Classic!, March 1, 2001

By	Baby Turtle "long-haired hippie" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greaser's Palace [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I had the extreme pleasure of seeing this film at A&O Films B-fest 2001. Wow! It's so hard to describe, but if you're into strange things this is a definite must see. It is guaranteed to mess with your head and keep you begging for more. When I tell people about this movie they just don't believe me. Yes, there really is a mariachi band playing every time that guy goes to the toilet!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "I shake my white locks at the runaway sun...", December 17, 2002

By	Stephen M. Amy (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Addendum to my previous review of "Greaser's Palace": in this film, God The Father looks like Walt Whitman. Since we all know that to be truly the case, it is another reason to recommend the film.