The film was completed just in time for the 1973 Cannes Film Festival , where it was much awaited . Jodorowsky edited out twenty minutes of dialogue from the film , with the intention of removing as much dialogue as he could . The film had its premiere at Waverly Theatre , an art house movie theater in New York City on November 29 , 1973 , where it had restricted run at midnights on Friday and Saturday for sixteen months . It was also shown at Filmex on March 30 , 1974 , which was described as the " American premiere . " At a few places it was released as a double bill with Jodorowsky 's 1970 film , '' El Topo '' , and eventually became a cult film with its influence on popular culture
1973 Cannes Film Festival
1973 Cannes Film Festival
The Holy Mountain (1973 film)