Rude Awakening (film)

Rude Awakening is a 1989 comedy film directed by David Greenwalt and Aaron Russo.

Twenty years later, Fred and Jesus are still living in the jungle, when they find a dying man who has been shot by soldiers. He gives them some documents and tells them it is vital they get the papers back to the US government. The documents imply that the US is planning to invade that very country, and outraged, Fred and Jesus decide to return to the US to get the action stopped. Having been living in isolation and by implication, stoned the entire time for the lastyears, they find the 1980s, entrenched in the yuppie ethos, to be something of a shock. Sammy and Petra have both embraced the materialistic culture, and it takes considerable persuasion from Fred and Jesus including a memorable speech where Jesus makes numerous profound points, ending each one with Thats all I got to say, before launching into another ramble before they will agree to help.Fred, Jesus, Sammy, and Petra join forces to lead a sitin at the University of New York to protest the planned invasion, which leaves the group despondent the student body is indifferent and the documents turn out to be a theoretical exercise and not any genuine invasion plans. However, the controversy brought up by their publication implies that Americans would welcome a war we can win and so the invasion actually happens. Fred is broken by the idea that he started a war, and gives up all hope, until some students track him down to ask for his help in mobilising action they are concerned by the numerous ecological and social problems they see around them. Fred realizes that despite having failed in his personal mission to prevent war, as long as there are young and idealistic people out there that share his views, there will always be hope for the world. ........

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