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

107 MINUTES | DOCUMENTARY | 2011

 
 

Synopsis

In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary 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. With MAGIC TRIP, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood were given unprecedented access to this raw footage to create a documentary of this extraordinary piece of American history.

Credits

DIRECTED BY: Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood

WRITTEN BY: Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood

EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: David McKillop, Molly Thompson

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

PRESS QUOTES

“A hilarious, instructive and invaluable time capsule of that touching, idealistic and more than slightly ridiculous period.”

The Guardian