Bummer, man, that the makers of 1966's Hallucination Generation couldn't afford color film stock. Or maybe the movie's tripping on bad black-and-white acid. At any rate, this is the kind of movie that posed as a public service warning to hippies about the dangers of psychotropic chemicals but mostly made Timothy Leary look like a genius.

Longtime Western hero George Montgomery probably signed on thinking Hallucination Generation would make a positive difference, in society and his fading film career. Then again, when you're married to Dinah Shore and pals with Ronald Reagan, every day must feel like an LSD trip.

Thrill to "hipsters, beatniks and sickniks" with their "debauched dreams and bizarre sensualities." Hallucination Generation also poses the eternal questions: "Do you know the taste of purple? What color is the rainbow of passion?" I think we should ask Gary Busey for advice on such matters.

Enjoy!