Perhaps the best hippie / baby-boomer / feel-good film of this century.
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“Taylor Camp“ is a feature-length documentary, set on Kauai in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film follows the exploits of famous Taylor Camp, the Hawaiian hippie commune founded by Elizabeth Taylor’s brother, Howard, in the late sixties. In 1969, Howard Taylor bailed out a band of 13 young Mainlanders jailed on Kauai for vagrancy and invited this rag-tag tribe of men, women and children to camp on his oceanfront land, forming an hippie treehouse village that lasted until 1977. |
“Taylor Camp is the ultimate hippie fantasy retold three decades
later in a moving and magical documentary. Don’t miss it!”
-- Steven Petrow, The Huffington Post
later in a moving and magical documentary. Don’t miss it!”
-- Steven Petrow, The Huffington Post
The Idyllic Hippie Dream come true.
Diane & Richie inside their treehouse
This hippie community in Hawaii explored the world of free living; hippies, surfers and troubled Vietnam vets flocked to join and built a clothing-optional, pot-friendly tree house village on Kauai’s North Shore.
Through the late sixties and seventies, Taylor Camp was the epitome of the hippie dream; free love, nudism, sex, drugs and rock & roll in an idyllic tropical setting.
But make no mistake about it - “Taylor Camp” is much MORE than just a “Hippie Film.” It tells the compelling story of the rise and fall of hippie culture and natural living through in-depth interviews made 30 years later with those that lived in Taylor Camp and the local neighbors and Kauai officials that eventually closed it down.
“Taylor Camp beautifully captures the freedom and simplicity of the era
with breathtaking photography and a retrospective look at the people
who were lucky enough to be a part of it. Well done!” -- NANCY
with breathtaking photography and a retrospective look at the people
who were lucky enough to be a part of it. Well done!” -- NANCY
Want to see more? Here's our NEW two-minute trailer in Hi-Definition:
“A cinema masterpiece, Taylor Camp chronicles a time, like now, when we were mired in an
unpopular war. It’s a living document of an extraordinary social experiment and the age-old
clash between generations. This film will stay with you long after you leave the theater.”
-- Paul Janes-Brown, Maui Weekly
unpopular war. It’s a living document of an extraordinary social experiment and the age-old
clash between generations. This film will stay with you long after you leave the theater.”
-- Paul Janes-Brown, Maui Weekly
Audience testing?
Diane in her treehouse kitchen.
If you lived through the 60s and 70s (remembering it or not), were a hippie, still are a hippie, surfer, Hawaiian or other local, Vietnam Vet, hated hippies, pot-smoker, vegetarian, nudist, or alternative lifestylist, there is something for you in Taylor Camp.
In fact, if you have a heart that's pumping and a brain that's working, you'll enjoy Taylor Camp.
This is our film festival edit - 90 minutes of a finely tuned film that audiences LOVE. Why? Because we listened to you, the audience. We did extensive audience-testing for over a year.
When's the last time you heard about a major studio doing that?
We sat in every test screening and watched the audience and took notes. We saw when their attention drifted off - and then went back to the edit room to analyze just what caused the distraction.
The end result? A better film experience for you! It's a real HIT with Baby-Boomers!
“Taylor Camp is the best documentary I’ve seen. I was touched by
the “then” in still photographs and the “now” in recent interviews.
I laughed and cried. What more can a person want?
I wanted it to go on and on!” -- Liz W
the “then” in still photographs and the “now” in recent interviews.
I laughed and cried. What more can a person want?
I wanted it to go on and on!” -- Liz W
Here's an audience reaction video. These are your friends and neighbors!
“Saw it in Princeville last night....awesome film!
This movie should win an award!”
-- Lee Witmer
This movie should win an award!”
-- Lee Witmer
Well, Lee - we're working on it!
So far, “Taylor Camp” has won “Best Feature Documentary” at the Rainier Independent Film Festival and a Bronze Remi Award from WorldFest Houston. It was also an “Official Selection” at the San Antonio Film Festival, Okanagan Festival, San Luis Obispo, Temecula Valley, Friday Harbor and even in Cambodia at Angkor Wat.
We're currently (2015) working on a Hi-Def version with a treatment to the stills that brings a new depth to the film - almost 3D, without the glasses! We'll keep you updated!
We're currently (2015) working on a Hi-Def version with a treatment to the stills that brings a new depth to the film - almost 3D, without the glasses! We'll keep you updated!
“Taylor Camp is terrific! You know a film will take you somewhere special when
it opens with "In a Gadda Da Vida" then takes you on a visual & musical journey
to a magical place in time that so many of us still long for. I didn't want it to end.”
--Blaise Noto, Unit Publicist, The Kite Runner
it opens with "In a Gadda Da Vida" then takes you on a visual & musical journey
to a magical place in time that so many of us still long for. I didn't want it to end.”
--Blaise Noto, Unit Publicist, The Kite Runner
Aloha from Hawaii.
Cherry and baby Moses
Whether you love or hate the hippie ethos, “Taylor Camp” is a film that provides an insight into one of the most important cultural revolutions in modern times. I guarantee this is an experience you will cherish and remember.
Taylor Camp is now available for purchase on DVD, but due to restrictions in music rights, there are only a limited number available.
Be advised that the film does contain some nudity, but it's treated in a very tasteful, artful manner.
Order your Taylor Camp DVD today.
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“I LOVED Taylor Camp! Beautifully made and vividly told, the story is
balanced and without sentimentality. The good, the bad and the ugly.
But the idealism shone through very brightly.”
--Michael Singer, Author of Film Directors: A Complete Guide
balanced and without sentimentality. The good, the bad and the ugly.
But the idealism shone through very brightly.”
--Michael Singer, Author of Film Directors: A Complete Guide
