Holy Mountain, The (1973)

Original Title :	The Holy Mountain
Director :	Alejandro Jodorowsky
Writer :	Alejandro Jodorowsky
Genre :	Adventure
	Comedy/Drama/Fantasy/Horror/Mystery/Sci-Fi
Country :	Mexico
Language :	English
Producer :	Alejandro Jodorowsky, Allen Klein, Robert Taicher, Roberto Viskin
Music :	Don Cherry Ronald Frangipane Alejandro Jodorowsky
Photography :	Rafael Corkidi
Distributor :	Allen & Betty Klein and Company (ABKCO), Amuse Soft (Amyuuzu Sofuto) Hanbai Inc., Amuse Video Inc., Anchor Bay Entertainment, CVR Realvision, Caméra One, Nikkatsu, Pretty Pictures, Raro Video, Raro Video, Raro Video, Ropponica, Rosebud Video, Siren Visual Enterta
IMDB ID :	0071615
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Holy Mountain, The (1973) - Alejandro Jodorowsky

Starring

Alejandro Jodorowsky		The Alchemist (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
Horácio Salinas		The Thief (as Hector Salinas)
Zamira Saunders		The Written Woman (as Ramona Saunders)
Juan Ferrara		Fon, He whose planet is Venus
Adriana Page		Isla, She whose planet is Mars
Burt Kleiner		Klen, He whose planet is Jupiter
Valerie Jodorowsky		Sel, She whose planet is Saturn
Nicky Nichols		Berg, He whose planet is Uranus
Richard Rutowski		Axon, He whose planet is Neptune (as Richard Rutowsky)
Luis Lomeli		Lut, He whose planet is Pluto
Ana De Sade		The Prostitute
Chucho-Chucho		The Chimpanzee
Letícia Robles		Bald Woman 1 (as Leticia Robles)
Connie De La Mora		Bald Woman 2
David Kapralik		Tourist
Jacqueline Voltaire		Tourist Wife
Pablo Leder		Circus Barker
Bobby Cameron		Fon's Working Girl
Re Debris		Klen's Lover
Guadalupe Perullero		Berg's Wife
José Antonio Alcaraz		Bar Owner (as Jose Antonio Alcaraz)
Héctor Ortega		Drug Master (as Hector Ortega)
Robert Taicher		Poet
Basilio González		Crippled man
Manuel Dondé		Wanderer (uncredited)
Ramiro Chávez Gochicoa		Boy (uncredited)
Marcela López Rey		Prostitute (uncredited)
Jane Mitchell		Stripteaser (uncredited)
Marcela Ponzarelli		Woman at the church (uncredited)
David Silva		Fon's father (uncredited)

Plot

A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful individuals, each representing a planet in the solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek out the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.

Comments

The Holy Mountain is an epic exploration of religious experience and global socio-political trends. A scathing indictment of the abuse of power by both first and third-world nations, while simultaneously a wonderfully clever fantasy that exposes art and religion as hilarious tools of mass-mind-control. It is a truly sweeping masterpiece full of amazing imagery and even more impressive thought. And it also has one of the best endings you are likely to see -ever. Too bad it is almost impossible to find.