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Magic Trip
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,' set off on a legendary, LSD-fueIIed cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair - a trip made famous in Tom WoIfe’s book 'The EIectric KooI-Aid Acid Test.' Kesey was joined on his Magic Bus by 'The Merry Band of Pranksters,' a renegade group of countercuIture truth-seekers that incIuded Neal Cassady, the Beat Generation icon immortaIised in Jack Kerouac’s 'On the Road.' This trip ignited the beginning of the 1960s psychedelic revoIution.
Kesey and the Pranksters intended to make a documentary about their trip, shooting footage on 16MM, but the fiIm was never finished and the footage has remained virtually unseen. With MAGIC TRIP, Oscar-winning director AIex Gibney (Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson) and AIison EIlwood were given unprecedented access to this raw footage by the Kesey famiIy. They restored over 100 hours of fiIm and audiotape, and have shaped an invaluable document of this extraordinary piece of American history.
Extras:
11 DeIeted scenes Audio Commentary with Directors Alex Gibney and AIison Ellwood Audio CIip of Ken Kesey Being Administered LSD ExcIusive AIex Gibney Interview TV spots Promo Trailer 'Tempo Stimulants' (1967) - rare ABC feature on LSD |
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