Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World's Fair. He was joined by "The Merry Band of Pranksters," including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac's "On the Road." Kesey and the Pranksters intended to make a documentary about their trip, but the film was never finished and the footage has remained virtually unseen. Directors Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood were given unprecedented access to this raw footage by the Kesey family to create this extraordinary and joyous film.
Year: 2011
Genre: Documentaries, Historical
Country: USA
Director: Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood
Duration: 103 Minutes
Rating: M - Offensive language, sexual references, drug references and nudity
6.8/10
Location in store: Documentary (Historical)
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