Greaser's Palace

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:

Eh........2007-06-26

I had high hopes for this movie, hoping that it would become one of those bizzaro flicks that was worthy of actually buying, but bad editing/directing, horrible overdubbing and sound design, shot/scenes that linger wayyyyy to long (which could be easily forgiven if it werent for the tedious plot) make it almost unwatchable.
If you want something thats surreal, I suggest Jodorowsy's Holy Mountain. If you want something that will offend the religious folk, try Ken Russels "The Devils."

unforgettable classic, brilliant!.......2007-03-05

I saw this movie several times in the 70s at the Texas Union Theater on the UT campus and elsewhere around Austin. I have NEVER forgotten it, though I had to do a backwards search to determine that it was Alan Arbus who played Jesus parachuting from the sky (Arbus also played Dr. Sydney Freedman on the MASH television series.) Can't say enough about it -- the symbolism, the sets, the acting, the plot are all superb. This is perhaps the best parody ever -- and one that has not yet been re-discovered. I think it's just a matter of time.

pretentious hip drivel .......2005-09-25

(Sorry, I'm being a bad boy--the negative review below really got to me) I'm sorry but it seems any adventurous film out there gets at least one "pretentious hip drivel" review. It's almost always a mercifully short review too because, well, where do you go from there; how do you prove a movie is pretentious or drivel? Strange films always have this potential which is why I generally cut to: Was it fun, weird, interesting, amusing, whatever?

This is a fun film and it's full of surprises so it passes fine. Hey, I hated "Being John Malkovich" because there was little in the movie I hadn't seen before. It seemed like a compendium of the film maker's favorite oddball films. You want really oddball? Try "The Dark Backward" still awaiting DVD release.

Like American Idols' William Hung.......2005-07-02

You just can't help but want to watch more. I mean, this movie is soo weird you keep asking yourself "Is this for real, are they serious?!" My favorite quote in this movie was definitly by Alan Alda...or is it Arkin...anyway "What's going down here?" and you'll trully be asking yourself that as you watch this oddity.

Who is he gip.......2003-04-16

This movie is one of the best movies of all time featuring such memorable lines as Herve Valaquez yelling for his male, flannel night gown bearded lover, "Petuniaaaaaa . . . Petuniaaaaaaa" or the recurring line throughout the movie, "Who is he gip" or the other line, "If ya feel yer healed" -- this is a can't miss movie.

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