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    Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

    100'

    2008-04-19

    5.6

    The untold story of hallucinogens: from jungle shamans to the hippie generation.

    Documentary

    Overview:

    Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic plants laid the foundation for the psychedelic sixties. Now in this two hour History Channel TV Special, his former student Wade Davis, follows in his footsteps to experience the discoveries that Schultes brought to the western world. Shot around the planet, from Canada to the Amazon, we experience rarely seen native hallucinogenic ceremonies and find out the true events leading up to the Psychedelic Sixties. Featuring author/adventurer Wade Davis ("Serpent and the Rainbow"), Dr. Andrew Weil, the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and many others, this program tells the story of the discovery of peyote, magic mushrooms and beyond: one man's little known quest to classify the Plants of the Gods. Richard Evans Schultes revolutionized science and spawned another revolution he never imagined.

    DirectingPeter von PuttkamerWritingPeter von Puttkamer

    Cast

    1

    Self / Presenter

    Wade Davis

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Timothy Leary

    1

    Self

    Andrew Weil

    1

    Self

    Jeremy Narby

    1

    Self

    Randy Borman

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Aldous Huxley

    1

    Self

    Martin A. Lee

    1

    Self

    Ralph Metzner

    1

    Self

    Bob Weir

    1

    Self

    Jonathan Ott

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Richard Evans Schultes

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Albert Hofmann

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Ken Kesey

    1

    Self

    Robert Forte

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Gryphon Productions
    • Vote Count: 5
    • Popularity: 0.7799
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

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