Complex sentence: Idiotic driving instructor and former Marine Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty (Alan Arkin), living in poverty near Hollywood, California, allows two women (Sally Kellerman and Mackenzie Phillips) to kidnap him after hitching a ride in an attempt to get to New Orleans.
Split into simpler sentences: Idiotic driving instructor and former Marine Gunny Rafferty (Alan Arkin) lives in poverty near Hollywood, California. He allows two women (Sally Kellerman and Mackenzie Phillips) to kidnap him after hitching a ride in an attempt to for them to get to New Orleans.