Hi, Mom! (1970)
- Starring:
- Robert De Niro, Charles Durnham, (more)
- Director(s):
- Brian De Palma
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Comedy
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Brian De Palma takes on late 1960s media culture in his followup to Greetings (1968). Seeking a place in New York life one way or another, Vietnam vet John Rubin (Robert De Niro) moves into a Greenwich Village dive, with hopes of becoming a director for porn king Joe Banner (Allen Garfield). Rubin sells Banner on his idea to make "Peep Art" by filming the racy action in the building windows across from his apartment. He plans to seduce talky window denizen Judy (Jennifer Salt) to get the film he wants; but when that plan fails, John trades his camera for a TV and joins a radical theater troupe for their performance piece, "Be Black Baby." Inspired by the radicals, John decides to make his own violent political statement -- or does he just want to be on TV? Mixing long passages of the TV-framed "Be Black Baby" with John's misadventures in Manhattan, the film sends up political extremism, liberal guilt, and the Chicago 1968 protestors' mantra that "the whole world is watching," as it all becomes one big staged performance for the cameras. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 87 mins
Complete Cast of Hi, Mom!
- Robert De Niro - John Rubin
- Abraham Goren - Pervert in Theater
- Jennifer Salt - Judy Bishop
- Hector Valentin Lino, Jr. - N.I.T. Journal Revolutionary
- Ruth Bocour - N.I.T. Journal
- Buddy Butler - "Be Black, Baby" Troupe
- Gene Elman - Audience Member
- Floyd L. Peterson - Newscaster Winnicove
- William Daley - Co-op Neighbor
- Gerritt Graham - Gerrit Wood
- Charles Durnham - Superintendent
- Lara Parker - Jeannie Mitchell
- Nelson Peltz - Playboy
- Carole Leverett - N.I.T. Journal Revolutionary
- Arthur Bierman - N.I.T. Journal at Newsstand
- Joe Fields - Audience Member
- Peter Maloney - Pharmacist
- Jeffrey Lesser - s
- Allen Garfield - Joe Banner
- Director(s):
- Brian De Palma
- Writer(s):
- Brian De Palma
- Producer(s):
- Charles Hirsch
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Language, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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