| Skidoo | |
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| Directed by | Otto Preminger |
| Written by | Doran William Cannon Rob Reiner (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Otto Preminger |
| Starring | Jackie Gleason Carol Channing Frankie Avalon Fred Clark Michael Constantine Frank Gorshin John Phillip Law Peter Lawford Burgess Meredith George Raft Cesar Romero Mickey Rooney Groucho Marx Austin Pendleton Alexandra Hay Luna |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | George Rohrs |
| Music by | Nilsson |
Production company | Sigma Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Skidoo is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Otto Preminger,[1] starring Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Fred Clark (who died on December 5, two weeks before the film's release), Michael Constantine, Frank Gorshin, John Phillip Law, Peter Lawford, Burgess Meredith, George Raft, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney and Groucho Marx playing a top mobster named "God". It was written by Doran William Cannon and released by Paramount Pictures on December 19, 1968. The screenplay satirizes late-1960s counterculture lifestyle and its creature comforts, technology, anti-technology, hippies, free love and then-topical use of the drug LSD.[2]
Singer-songwriter Nilsson, who wrote the score and receives credit as a member of the cast, appears in a few brief scenes with Fred Clark, as both portray prison tower guards swaying to Nilsson's music while under the influence of LSD.[3]
- ^ Ebert, Roger. "On the". rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ^ UPI. "Preminger, Gleason Join Explosive Egos in 'Skidoo'" (Schenectady Gazette, April 30, 1968, p.10)
- ^ Ebert, Roger. "On the Skidoo set with Otto Preminger: 'Mr. von Stroheim, do you hear noise?'" (Chicago Sun-Times, June 16, 1968)