Hurry Tomorrow


a film by
Richard Cohen
and
Kevin Rafferty

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Hurry Tomorrow is a compelling documentary about the loss of
human rights suffered by psychiatric patients in a state mental institution.

This highly acclaimed classic was filmed over a six-week period in a locked
ward at Metropolitan State Hospital in Los Angeles. It shows patients being
tied down with straps and cuffs, forcibly drugged with tranquilizers,
reducing them to helpless zombie-like states. The film also illustrates how
individuals struggle to maintain their dignity in a dehumanized environment.

An effort by hospital staff to ban Hurry Tomorrow resulted instead in
a major investigation of conditions at California's state hospitals,
uncovering the tragic deaths of several hundred patients.

"Hurry Tomorrow is the most important film on hospital life to
emerge in the last ten years and goes way beyond
Titicut Follies or One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in its indictment
of mental hospital conditions. ...beautifully made."
    Alan Rosenthal, THE DOCUMENTARY CONSCIENCE
(UC Berkeley Press, 1980)

"A crucifying indictment of ward conditions, drug companies
and the violations of present laws. 
The film is an act of courage and a warning about mind control,
told with compassion and rage."
     Linda Gross, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

"Astonishing and terrifying...makes the multi-oscared "
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" look like baby games."
Derek Malcom, THE GUARDIAN

"A passionate, purposeful film document, all the more real for its 
righteous prejudice against unreasoning authority."
     Andrew Kopkind, WBCN RADIO, Boston

"Absolute and unflinching"
Desmond Ryan, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

"It is enough to make you swear off anything stronger than warm milk forever."
     Vincent Canby, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"Awesomely true and inspirationally powerful.
It is an excellent training  experience for new advocates and a humbling reminder
for those of us  who believe we have seen it all."
   Steve Schwartz, National Association for Rights, Protection and Advocacy NARPA

Grand Prize, Ann Arbor Film Festival.
Selected for presentation at international film festivals including:
London, Edinburgh, Filmex, Perth, Rotterdam, Festival de Popoli.
PBS Special & featured on CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.
Copyright 1975, Halfway House Films. (78 minutes)