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Rainbow Bridge is a 1971 film directed by Chuck Wein about different countercultural figures interacting on the Hawaiian island of Maui. He described it as "a kind of space-age Candid Camera. We're going to place Pat [New York model Pat Hartley, the protagonist] in all kinds of real-life situtations, and film what happens. We're going to shoot a lot of film and just see what comes out of it." Harry Shapiro adds, "the idea was to shoot an antidote to Easy Rider, showing the positive side of the youth movement."
Filmed with non-professional actors and without a script, it features improvised scenes with a variety of characters. When it became apparent that it was floundering, producer Michael Jeffery brought in his client Jimi Hendrix to film an outdoor concert (July 30, 1970). Hendrix's heavily edited (no complete songs) performance appears near the end of the film. Rainbow Bridge was a critical failure and has been re-released on video tape and DVD formats. Although it only contains 17 minutes of Hendrix performing, it continues to attract attention as his second-to-last American concert and the last one filmed.
Original Release
03/01/1972
US Release
03/01/1972
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jimi Hendrix | Himself / Self |
Bob Amacker | Self |
Baron Bingen | Self |
Charlotte Blob | Self |
Jimmy Cameron | Self |
Yella Cameron | Self |
Billy Cox | Himself / Self |
Herbie Fletcher | Self |
Paul Gebauer | Self |
Benny Harrison | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jimi Hendrix | Himself / Self |
Bob Amacker | Self |
Baron Bingen | Self |
Charlotte Blob | Self |
Jimmy Cameron | Self |
Yella Cameron | Self |
Billy Cox | Himself / Self |
Herbie Fletcher | Self |
Paul Gebauer | Self |
Benny Harrison | Self |
Pat Hartley | Self |
Patricia Higgens | Self |
Luke Hyneg | Self |
Michael Hynson | Self |
Barry Kanaiaupuni | Self |
Miss Mercy | Self |
Melinda Merryweather | Self |
Mitch Mitchell | Himself / Self |
David Nuuhiwa | Self |
Teresea Pinter | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Jeffery | Executive Producer |
Barry De Prendergast | Producer |