Ken KeseyFilmography

Born:: January 1, 1935
Occupation:: Actor, Producer, Book Author
Biography:: A well-known writer who turned the literary world on its ear with his searing condemnation of authority in his 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and inspired Tom Wolfe's legendary novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, author Ken Kesey later rallied against director Milos Forman's Academy...Read More

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Actors: Woody Harrelson, Ken Kesey

Synopsis: Documentary filmmaker Ron Mann joined Hollywood actor/hemp activist Woody Harrelson as the thespian traveled up the West Coast preaching the merits of natural, organic living, the result of which is Mann's 2003 film, Go Further. In 2001, Harrelson and a group of friends and other like-minded Read More

11/19/04
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

Actors: Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Ken Kesey, Norman Mailer, Dr. Timothy Leary

Synopsis: In 1955, poet Allen Ginsberg summed up the greatest fears of his generation in a landmark poem appropriately titled "Howl." As a result of that defining piece of prose, Ginsberg would become an icon of the Beat Generation. Inspired by Ginsberg's powerful personality and captivating charisma as a Read More

8/20/04
Timothy Leary's Last Trip

Synopsis: Author, educator, and philosopher Dr. Timothy Leary was wildly controversial throughout his life, so it came as no surprise he would also choose a controversial way to die. Timothy Leary's Last Trip documents Leary's life and career, from his days at West Point through his years as an LSD guru (he Read More

1997
Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

Synopsis: This program pays tribute to distance runner Steve "Pre" Prefontaine in this video that charts the runner's career until the auto accident that killed him at age 24. By the time of his death "Pre" had broken every American record for distance racing between 2,000 and 10,000 meters and appeared on Read More

1995
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Actors: Uma Thurman, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Lorraine Bracco

Synopsis: Writer/director Gus Van Sant's early bid for big-time commercial success -- a success he didn't manage to achieve until Good Will Hunting -- is based on Tom Robbins' 1976 feminist bestseller. Uma Thurman plays Sissy Hankshaw, a woman born with very large thumbs. After her parents (Grace Zabriskie Read More

1994
Completely Cuckoo

Synopsis: This 1988 documentary describes the tumultuous process involved in bringing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest to the screen. After having his script confiscated by Czech authorities in the early '60s, Milos Foreman would have to wait nearly ten years before Kirk and Michael Douglas could secure Read More

1988
West Coast: Beat and Beyond

1982
The Tomorrow Show: Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show

Actors: Tom Snyder, The Grateful Dead, Ken Kesey, Dr. Timothy Leary, Tom Wolfe

Synopsis: This legendary episode of television personality Tom Snyder's talk show The Tomorrow Show, which originally aired in 1979, investigates the impact of psychedelia on American culture. As hosted by Snyder, the program features guests Tom Wolfe (author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test), LSD guru Read More

1979
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland

Actors: The Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Donna Jean Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart

Synopsis: Shot December 31, 1978, The Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland is a concert film featuring the seminal jam band performing a six-plus hour show to mark the last night of San Francisco's legendary Winterland Arena. In front of an audience that included such celebrity guests as Dan Aykroyd Read More

1978
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Dean R. Brooks, Scatman Crothers

Synopsis: With an insane asylum standing in for everyday society, Milos Forman's 1975 film adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel is a comically sharp indictment of the Establishment urge to conform. Playing crazy to avoid prison work detail, manic free spirit Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is sent to the Read More

1975
Sometimes a Great Notion

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel

Synopsis: Also known as Never Give an Inch, this film was based on a novel by Ken Kesey. Paul Newman (who also directed) stars as Hank Stamper, the oldest son of an Oregon logging family headed by Henry (Henry Fonda). Hank's half-brother, Leeland (Michael Sarrazin), embittered over Henry's treatment of his Read More

1971
Intrepid Traveller and His Merry Band of Pranksters Look for a Kool Place #2: North to Madhattan

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: This program is the second installment in a montage of film clips from the 1960s psychedelic bus tour of Ken Kesey and his Merry Band of Pranksters. The aggregation of friends set out on the open road to discover America. In the process, they learned a lot about themselves, each other, and what Read More

1964
Intrepid Traveller and His Merry Band of Pranksters Look for a Kool Place #1: Journey to the East

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: One of the most famous road trips in American history is that of author Ken Kesey and his friends. The Merry Band of Pranksters set out on their psychedelic bus tour in 1964. Their travels brought adventures, insights, and joy into the lives of those on the bus and the friends they made. The whole Read More

1964

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Ken KeseyFilmography

Go Further

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

Timothy Leary's Last Trip

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Completely Cuckoo

West Coast: Beat and Beyond

The Tomorrow Show: Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show

Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Sometimes a Great Notion

Intrepid Traveller and His Merry Band of Pranksters Look for a Kool Place #2: North to Madhattan

Intrepid Traveller and His Merry Band of Pranksters Look for a Kool Place #1: Journey to the East

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