Pick-up

I watched this last night after having a few drinks and I loved it. The style of the film was great, the music, the actors, the editing. I am a fan. Really had the "being free" aspect in it. Made me want to travel back in time to be a teen or young adult in the 70's.

Carol dancing in the mobile home was both sexy and funny. I also loved how Chucks shirt changed from scene to scene (the colored checkered one was awesome).

Just was curious what the connection of the clown was to Maureen? Was it just for a trippy concept or was it something else? It really made a good portrait of how sexuality can be a beautiful thing or can be a horrifying experience. Showed the contrast well.

Loved the film. I'll have to check out the pick up tribute my space page

This is essentially a movie with no story. What starts out as a road trip movie turns into some bad dada-esque, head trip.

Carol and Maureen, two sexy and carefree girls, are hanging out in Florida out in a field near the highway. Along comes Chuck, a good-looking California surfer stud whose driving a RV (they were called mobile homes back then). He offers them a ride and they can't resist. Carol takes to Chuck immediately and flirts with him while they travel. Meanwhile, in the back of the trailer, the dark and mysterious Maureen is deep into her tarot cards and astrology. She's foreseeing danger ahead.

Instead of any real kind of story, what we get is Chuck and Carol running naked through a field and having lots of sex while Maureen looks on envious of the couple. But then eventually she gets her turn with the stud too. Interspersed in all this sex is lots of trippy, psychedelic imagery, groovy music, nude women, sinister clowns and other confusion. It's perfect for a drive-in where hardly anyone is paying attention anyway cuz most of the audience was making out or socializing or a lot of stoners will get a trip watching. Otherwise, this is a complete waste of time unless you want to catch some T&A.

When I selected this film out of a Drive-In Classics set, I was expecting a typical "don't hitchhike" exploitation / horror movie. What I actually got was something far more bizarre and interesting. Long story made short, two girls hitch a ride on a mobile home and end up stuck in the Everglades. Lots of sexual hijinks ensue.

What separates this film from any number of exploitation movies are the bizarre visions experienced by one mentally disturbed character. Although they border on the nonsensical, these sequences show a level of creativity not usually associated with this genre. Furthermore, whether by careful restoration, good quality film stock, or sheer luck, the film looks far better than many mainstream films from the 70s now on DVD.

That said, this film is not the work of art some fans make it out to be. The dialogue is often laughable, particularly in the case of the exasperated boss of the mobile home driver. Furthermore, the "Everglades" looks like it is actually an amusement park's safari ride- highly manicured and obviously not really wild. The sex scenes are basically soft core, and go on for so long that they become boring.

Overall, I cannot recommend this movie, but at the same time, it is just weird enough to be worth a rental.

I gotta be straight up and just tell anyone reading this that PICK-UP is a favorite film of mine. The movie (in it's most basic sense) deals with two hippie chicks (both hot as hell by the way) who hitch a ride across Florida with a cool hippie dude. They take a detour and ultimately find themselves lost and stranded out in the Florida Everglades (props to the actors for dealing with what had to be miserable conditions out in those swamps).... Anyway.... Once out in the swamps you get lots of sex and nudity as well as a bunch of odd flashback sequences that give hints as to who the characters are etc.... I won't go into any further details because like a 'dream' or a 'trip'... It's best to just 'experience' THE experience... There's lots of stuff going on for the viewer to try to interpret if they so choose... Anyway....

In closing.... PICK-UP is incredibly difficult to get hold of but it's worth the search and is highly recommended to fans of trippy/weird/surreal type flicks as well as fans of early 70's exploitation.

This flick NEEDS a special edition DVD release!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This film is not loaded with special effects or a huge written script. However if you love movies as much as I do you will like this movie. It is a simple adventure of 3 people named Carol, Chuck, and Maureen. Do to a tropical storm and a few detours the trio gets stuck in the middle of some swamplands. Once there we begin to learn a great deal about these people through their actions in the present and flashbacks to younger days. The feel of the movie is definitely 70's and mixes with a slight acid trip of not taking drugs but feeling like you are in a daze. While not much is really going on it will definitely make you think!!!