Trapped in a Purple Haze Trapped in a Purple Haze Trapped in a Purple Haze is a TV movie about drug abuse which originally aired on ABC in 2000; its title is a reference to the Jimi Hendrix song "Purple Haze". The film starred Jonathan Jackson, JoBeth Williams, and Carly Pope, with a supporting role by Hayden Christensen (who eventually beat Jackson for the part of Anakin Skywalker in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy). Chicago college student Max Hanson (Jackson) is a talented artist and hockey player. Though more interested in the latter, he is under pressure from his mother, Sophie (Williams) to pursue a
Jimi Hendrix (film) film is also known as A Film About Jimi Hendrix. This title was used on the 2005 DVD cover and theatrical poster. The soundtrack to the film features 12 songs as well as excerpts of interviews with Hendrix, his father Al Hendrix, Little Richard and others. The estate of Jimi Hendrix authorized the 1973 film to be re-released on video and DVD in 1999. An expanded DVD edition was issued in 2005, featuring a new documentary, "From the Ukulele to the Strat", with more remembrances of Hendrix through interviews with family and friends, the making of "Dolly Dagger", with producer-engineer