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Movie poster: Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (2011)
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Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place

2011 · 107 min Documentary Music
6.9 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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Year 2011
Country United States of America
Genre Documentary, Music
Director Alison Ellwood
Runtime 107 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.9/10 (27 votes)

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Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place has mixed reviews with a rating of 6.9/10. Good for a relaxed evening without high expectations.

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A 2011 film from an era before CGI overload, with real performances that still hit hard. Best for: viewers looking to try something new without being too demanding.

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