Summary:
Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left. The skeptical reporter interview's Anita, Hoffman's wife, a single mom on welfare in New York City; Hoffman's attorney, Gerry Lefcourt; and others. As they talk, we see Hoffman's career in flashbacks, from early civil rights organizing through the trial of the Chicago Eight. While underground, as mental illness takes its toll, he meets Johanna Lawrenson, and an odd family develops: Abbie, Anita, their son, and Johanna. Will vindication ever arrive?
| Runtime: | 107 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | Ardent Films |
| Genres: | Biography, Drama, Romance |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Jan 23, 2001 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Robert Greenwald | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Abbie Hoffman | Book "To America With Love: Letters From The Underground" |
| Anita Hoffman | Book "To America With Love: Letters From The Underground" |
| Bruce Graham | Screenplay |
| Marty Jezer | Book "Abbie Hoffman American Rebel" |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Vincent D'Onofrio | Abbie Hoffman |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alan Van Sprang | David Glenn |
| Bernard Kay | John Hoffman |
| Donal Logue | Stew Albert |
| Ingrid Veninger | Judy Albert |
| Janeane Garofalo | Anita Hoffman |
| Jean Daigle | Sheriff |
| Jeanne Tripplehorn | Johanna Lawrenson |
| Johnie Chase | Josh |
| Joshua Dov | Hippie Kid - NYC |
| Joyce Gordon | Florence Hoffman |
| Kevin Corrigan | Jerry Rubin |
| Kevin Pollak | Gerry Lefcourt |
| Stephen Marshall | Louis Wertzel |
| Troy Garity | Tom Hayden |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Brad Gordon | Co-Producer |
| Elizabeth Selzer | Co-Producer |
| Gerald Lefcourt | Associate Producer |
| Jacobus Rose | Producer |
| Jon Avnet | Executive Producer |
| Ken Christmas | Executive Producer |
| Robert Greenwald | Producer |
| Vincent D'Onofrio | Executive Producer |
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