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Magic Trip
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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ln 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of 'One FIew 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 counterculture truth-seekers that included NeaI Cassady, the Beat Generation icon immortaIised in Jack Kerouac’s 'On the Road.' This trip ignited the beginning of the 1960s psychedeIic revolution.
Kesey and the Pranksters intended to make a documentary about their trip, shooting footage on 16MM, but the film was never finished and the footage has remained virtuaIly unseen. With MAGIC TRIP, Oscar-winning director AIex Gibney (Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson) and Alison Ellwood 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 invaluabIe document of this extraordinary piece of American history.
Extras:
11 DeIeted scenes Audio Commentary with Directors Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood Audio CIip of Ken Kesey Being Administered LSD Exclusive Alex Gibney Interview TV spots Promo Trailer 'Tempo StimuIants' (1967) - rare ABC feature on LSD |
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