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MASTER SCORE 70.2 / 100
2011·Documentary / Music·1h 47m

MAGIC TRIP: KEN KESEY'S SEARCH FOR A KOOL PLACE

“A drug-fuelled road trip in the 60s”

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. He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus.

Above the Line
Alison Ellwood, Alex Gibney·DirectorAlex Gibney·WriterAlison Ellwood·WriterDavid Kahne·Original Music ComposerAlison Ellwood·Editor
Cast
Ken Kesey·SelfJerry Garcia·Self (archive footage)Neal Cassady·SelfPhil Lesh·Self (archive footage)Bob Weir·Self (archive footage)
Full Crew
(14 credits)
Directing· 2
Alison Ellwood·DirectorAlex Gibney·Director
Writing· 2
Alex Gibney·WriterAlison Ellwood·Writer
Editing· 1
Alison Ellwood·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
David Kahne·Original Music Composer
Production· 8
Molly Thompson·Executive ProducerAlexandra Johnes·ProducerWill Clarke·ProducerDavid Kowitz·Executive ProducerDavid McKillop·Executive ProducerRobert Belau·Executive ProducerAlex Gibney·ProducerGareth Wiley·Executive Producer
By the Numbers
70.2
OF 100
Master Score
6.8
OF 10
IMDb
72%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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