The Pikme-Up
The Pikme-Up
2009, English. Directed by Andrew Crane & Scott Hessels & James Keitel.
In the mid-1980's the coffeehouse movement in Los Angeles was beginning with wild promise. A tattered Hollywood storefront called The Pikme-up became the prototype for a new subculture that started as an unruly rebellion and exploded into a national phenomenon. The place was a bohemian revolution, a happening of ideas, poetry, music, and performance where a motley group of outcasts formed a unique community and an enduring family. Our documentary on The Pikme-up utilizes an amazing wealth of materials--more than 5000 photographs, over 200 video hours of performances, hundreds of print elements, and intimate interviews with friends, employees, and performers. We hope our experimentation with the materials and how memory is represented in film is true to the spirit of this amazing moment in Los Angeles cultural history.
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 January 2009
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Andrew Crane, Scott Hessels, James Keitel
- Budget
- $250
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The Pikme-Up runs 72 minutes (1h 12m).
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The Pikme-Up isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2009. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Pikme-Up?
The Pikme-Up (2009) was directed by Andrew Crane and Scott Hessels and James Keitel and stars Luis Alfaro, Mojgan Azimi, Bill Barminski.