An American Pastoral FILM DATE: Early April 1969 LOCATION: Palm Springs - CA - FORMAT: Short Film PRODUCTION: HWY Productions LENGTH: 50:20 INFO: 35mm Color footage used to film Jim Morrisons original 10-page screenplay titled The Hitchhiker.HWY Productions, a private production company, was founded by Jim in March, 1969 specifically to produce the film. Directed by Paul Ferrara,HWY: An American Pastoral, as it would later be titled, was shot by the Feast of Friends crew shortly after the cancellation of the Feast of Friends project. The film would be a test designed to give Jim some screentime to develop his acting abilities. Workprint copies were developed at CSI Film Labratories. Approximately 3 minutes of alternate HWY footage circulate amongst collectors. These outtakes are sourced from what appears to be an original 35mm print of the film. Although there is no timecode present in the supposed outtakes, it is unknown if these portions are included in the finished version of the film, or if they are in fact outtakes. The film has remained completely unreleased until clips were used in the upcoming documentary When Youre Strange. Various 35mm prints are known to exist. Jim Morrison comments: Well, its about a hitchhiker who.. essentially its just a movement from a state of nature gradually to city. I dont want to say too much about it now because I dont want to ruin the trip. But, its a pretty good film. I had the idea for it, and I play the hitchhiker. I wont say that I directed the film, but Im producing it and overseeing the whole production. The film created itself. We finished a version of it and I think whats going to happen is instead of ending up wtih a short film like 40 or 50 minutes, were going to add to it, and make it longer. Its really interesting in its present form but we would like to get it seen by people and unless its feature length, its not going to be taken very seriously. Were going to have to shoot a lot more, and then edit all that.
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