Long Strange Trip

Name: Long Strange Trip
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 26, 2017
Duration: 238 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Bill Kreutzmann, Donna Godchaux, Jerry Garcia, John Perry Barlow, Keith Godchaux

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Long Strange Trip

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Amazon Studios | Release Date: May 26, 2017

Starring: Bill Kreutzmann, Donna Godchaux, Jerry Garcia, John Perry Barlow, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter, Sam Cutler, Tom Constanten

Summary: The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadvertently achieved success on their own terms. Never-before-seen footage and interviews offer this unprecedented and unvarnished look at the life of the Dead.

Director: Amir Bar-Lev

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 238 min

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RogerEbert.com - Glenn Kenny

May 26, 2017

As sad as Garcia’s end is, Long Strange Trip remains an exhilarating and inspiring movie. For a not inconsiderable period, Garcia, Weir, Hart, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and various fellow travelers saw the possibilities that their talents and the times offered them, and made hay of them. Read full review

The A.V. Club - Noel Murray

May 23, 2017

The brilliance of Long Strange Trip is that Bar-Lev allows for multiple interpretations. Read full review

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - Brad Wheeler

May 25, 2017

Amir Bar-Lev’s excellent, definitive film on the Haight-Ashbury acid-testers is long – four fly-by hours – but there are very few wasted moments. Read full review

Slant Magazine - Wes Greene

May 22, 2017

The film plays like one of the Grateful Dead's seminal concerts: protracted and digressive, yet intricate in its design. Read full review

Paste Magazine - Kenji Fujishima

May 25, 2017

Not only does the film provide an exhaustive account of the band’s rise and fall, but it also clearly articulates their importance in music history, their singular character as a performing entity and even the distinctive nature of their fandom. Read full review

TheWrap - Robert Abele

May 27, 2017

You don’t have to be a Deadhead, or even a casual listener, to find in Long Strange Trip a compelling tale of what happens when iconoclasts become icons. Read full review

Consequence of Sound - Steven Arroyo

Jun 6, 2017

While Long Strange Trip is full of rare or untouched archival video and audio, there are very few revelatory treasures to tell those seriously interested in understanding the Dead’s impact something new. Read full review

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DukeCumberjack

Jan 16, 2018

Starts off a little shaky but achieves some pretty spectacular moments. I'm not sure how interesting it will be to those not already fans of the band, but if you like a good rock doc look no further. PSA Amazon has edited it down from its original format it into 40 minute-ish segments.

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