Name: The 5th Dimension Special: An Odyssey in the Cosmic Universe of Peter Max
Director: John Moffitt
Genre: Music
Released: 1970-05-21
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Peter Max, Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Ronald Townson, Liberace

Liberace meets Peter Max in a technicolor fever dream you can't unsee.

Psychedelic chaosVariety show hallucinationPop art explosion

Overview

Music

Artist Peter Max pulls the strings as the pop group The Fifth Dimension travels through a technicolor land inhabited by wacky people.

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Standout Aspects

Production

Peter Max's eye-melting sets that make Yellow Submarine look restrained.

Acting

Liberace and Ed Sullivan pretending this is all perfectly normal.

Costume

The Fifth Dimension dressed like cosmic sherbet cones.

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Director

John Moffitt

ReleasedMay 21, 1970

Runtime1h

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensitymedium

Tonelight

Feellight

Sullivan Productions

Top Cast

Billy Davis Jr.

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Liberace

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Ed Sullivan

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Jim Nabors

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Marilyn McCoo

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Glen Campbell

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Arte Johnson

Caretaker of the Land of Lost Things / Magic Mirror

Flip Wilson

Geraldine / Prince Vanity / Leroy

Joey Heatherton

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

This TV special aired February 21, 1970, capturing the exact moment the Summer of Love got network-sanitized and sold back to suburban America.

Trivia

Peter Max had just designed a Continental Airlines 747 and the 'Welcome to Woodstock' poster — this special was his mainstream coronation before the 1970s turned on him.