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Gas-s-s-s

Play trailer Poster for Gas-s-s-s R Released Feb 17, 1971 1h 19m Musical Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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After a chemical accident releases a deadly gas killing everyone over 25, the world is left in the hands of its youth. Sardonic hippie Coel (Robert Corff) takes off with his girlfriend, Cilla (Elaine Giftos), in search of better areas after inexperienced authorities overrun their hometown. Heading west, the pair is joined by Marissa (Cindy Williams) and Carlos (Ben Vereen), another couple looking for answers. Encountering freaks and eccentrics, the foursome forges ahead, trying to survive.
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John Hofsess Maclean's Magazine ... the nadir of "youth cult" pandering and Corman's long-and-always-low film career. Oct 21, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It takes more than a few hits on the bong to get into this messy pic. Rated: C May 22, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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nick s I was worried this movie might be based on an epidemic of flatulence. After watching it, I wish it was. Anything would be an improvement on this half-baked, totally unfunny shambles. Even a couple of low-brow fart jokes. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/10/25 Full Review thiago s Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/01/25 Full Review Audience Member Has a goofy, groovy 1960s charm, but it's pretty dumb. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Everyone under 25 dies and then...nothing happens. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Even Roger Corman should be embarrassed over this one. One of the highleghts was a Golf Cart chase. Horrible acting, horrible music and both Cindy and Ben must have really needed the money. One star is generous Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member By the end of the 1960's, producer and director Roger Corman wanted to comment on hippy idealism, and also comment on the alienation of Vietnam on America. So, he made this post-apocalyptic satire, which was a good idea at the time, But, American International delayed it's release by a year due to the Manson murders and re-cut it. Corman would never work for them again as a result. This is set after an accidental military gas leak, which kills everyone on Earth over the age of 25. But there are some police officers around, rounding up hippies. One of which is Coel (Bob Corff) who ends up on the run and ends up with Cilla (Elaine Giftos), a scientist who is looking for a lost hippie called Utopia. On the road to New Mexico, they pick up revolutionary Carlos (Ben Vereen) and his pregnant girlfriend Marissa (Cindy Williams) and their hippie friends Hooper (Bud Cort) and Coralee (Talia Shire). But along the way they see sights such as a football team on dune buggies and Country Joe and the Fish on a golf course. It's clear that this is trying to be an American take on Richard Lester's films, especially The Bed-Sitting Room (1969), but it doesn't work, and our heroes go from one hippy happening to another. If Corman's The Trip (1967) showed one side of hippy culture, this shows the other, if the lunatics got power, and it looks bad. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After a chemical accident releases a deadly gas killing everyone over 25, the world is left in the hands of its youth. Sardonic hippie Coel (Robert Corff) takes off with his girlfriend, Cilla (Elaine Giftos), in search of better areas after inexperienced authorities overrun their hometown. Heading west, the pair is joined by Marissa (Cindy Williams) and Carlos (Ben Vereen), another couple looking for answers. Encountering freaks and eccentrics, the foursome forges ahead, trying to survive.
Director
Roger Corman
Producer
Roger Corman
Screenwriter
George Armitage
Production Co
San Jacinto Productions, American International Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 17, 1971, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 19, 2017
Runtime
1h 19m
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