Abbie Hoffman Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Flamboyant political activist Abbie Hoffman was one of the most colorful figures in the '60s counter-culture and a leading figure in opposing the Vietnam War. He is also the founder of the Yippies (the Youth International Party). Though Hoffman was always serious about his causes, he often imbued...Read More

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The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

Actors: Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Ken Kesey, Norman Mailer, Dr. Timothy Leary

Synopsis: In 1955, poet Allen Ginsberg summed up the greatest fears of his generation in a landmark poem appropriately titled "Howl." As a result of that defining piece of prose, Ginsberg would become an icon of the Beat Generation. Inspired by Ginsberg's powerful personality and captivating charisma as a Read More

8/20/04
Born on the Fourth of July

Actors: Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Kyra Sedgwick, Brian Larkin, Willem Dafoe

Synopsis: The second of three films by co-writer/director Oliver Stone to explore the effects of the Vietnam War (Platoon and Heaven and Earth are the others), Born On The Fourth Of July tells the true story of Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise), a patriotic, All-American small town athlete who shocks his family by Read More

12/20/89
Heavy Petting

Actors: David Byrne, Sandra Bernhard, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs

Synopsis: Those of us who had to suffer such "instructional" films as Dating Do's and Don'ts in high school will be especially entertained by Heavy Petting. In the visually sarcastic manner of the nuclear-age documentary The Atomic Cafe, the film assembles masses of information and misinformation about Read More

9/22/89
Growing Up in America

Actors: Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Allen Ginsberg, Dr. Timothy Leary, William Kunstler

Synopsis: Director Morley Markson interviews political radicals of the 1960s in this informative social documentary. Twenty years after riots were sparked by anti-war protesters at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, the same activists take a retrospective look at the turbulent times. Newsreel clips Read More

1988
My Dinner with Abbie

Synopsis: Abbie Hoffman offers his views on everything from food to women to the turmoil of the sixties. An interesting look at a man who is often viewed as a symbol of a painful era in American history. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1987
The Beat Generation: An American Dream

Actors: David Amram, Amiri Baraka, William S. Burroughs

Synopsis: In the U.S., in the 1950s, contemporary jazz was becoming more and more esoteric, and a small group of writers, poets and musicians who were hip to that beat were exploring the cracks in the American dream. Meanwhile, the Cold War and insistently cheerful and upbeat attitudes were being promoted Read More

1987
Chords of Fame

Actors: Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Pete Seeger, Oscar Brand

Synopsis: Using interviews with people like Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin from the revolutionary 1960s in the U.S., as well as dramatic re-enactments of events, and singers performing his songs, documentarian Michael Korolenko has attempted to pay tribute to Phil Ochs, a folk singer who committed suicide in Read More

1984
Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family

Actors: Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin

Synopsis: The title of this Canadian documentary may have some relation to Canadian Marshall McLuhan's theories. It combines interview with famous U.S. militants of the '60s, such as Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, with reenactments of their Chicago trials (i.e., the "Chicago Eight," etc.). Other figures of Read More

1971
Brand X

Synopsis: This satirical spoof on television commercials stars Taylor Mead, Sally Kirkland, Candy Darling, Tally Brown, Baby Jane Holzer, Sam Shepard, Frank Cavestani and 1960s radical Abbie Hoffman. Ultra Violet also appears and sings. Mead plays several roles including the President of the United States. Read More

1970
Prologue

Actors: John Robb, Elaine Malus, Gary Rader, Christopher Cordeaux

Synopsis: Produced on behalf of the National Film Board of Canada, Prologue is a story of the youth-rebellion movement of 1968. The film concentrates on Jesse (John Robb), who wanders the streets of Montreal selling underground newspapers. Despite the influence of his passive, drug-using roomie David (Gary Rader Read More

1969