End of the Road

End of the Road

Directed by Aram Avakian • 1970 • United States
Starring Stacy Keach, James Earl Jones, Harris Yulin

This X-rated, cult-classic black comedy is one of the most subversive, totally nihilistic transmissions from the fringes of the 1970s New Hollywood. A daring adaptation of the novel by John Barth filtered through the counterculture sensibility of screenwriter Terry Southern, END OF THE ROAD follows college grad Jacob Horner (Stacy Keach), who, after a catatonic episode, finds himself at “The Farm,” a sanitarium presided over the very, very unorthodox Doctor D (a totally deranged James Earl Jones). Following his discharge, Horner takes a job as a professor—but an affair with a colleague’s wife has disastrous consequences.

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End of the Road
  • End of the Road

    Directed by Aram Avakian • 1970 • United States
    Starring Stacy Keach, James Earl Jones, Harris Yulin

    This X-rated, cult-classic black comedy is one of the most subversive, totally nihilistic transmissions from the fringes of the 1970s New Hollywood. A daring adaptation of the novel by John Barth...

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  • Spotlight on Terry Southern

    Get to know the writer who brought a subversive edge to Hollywood in the 1960s. Nile Southern explores the career of his father, Terry Southern, who lent a provocative charge to films like EASY RIDER and BARBARELLA, recounting how he got his big break by collaborating on DR. STRANGELOVE with Stan...