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Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
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MAGIC TRIP: KEN KESEY'S SEARCH FOR A KOOL PLACE

"A drug-fuelled road trip in the 60s"

20111h 47m6.9 TMDb

Directed by Alison Ellwood

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A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. 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.

Cast

Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey

Self

Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia

Self (archive footage)

Neal Cassady

Neal Cassady

Self

Phil Lesh

Phil Lesh

Self (archive footage)

Bob Weir

Bob Weir

Self (archive footage)

Movie Vibe

Suspense5
Emotion5
Complexity7
Humor5
Realism9.6
Action5
Darkness5

Who would enjoy this

Recommended for

  • people who enjoy learning through film

May not appeal to

  • those seeking nonstop action
  • those looking for narrative fiction

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