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"The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. ... The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer."
— Ken Kesey (1994)
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Ken Kesey credits at Internet Movie Database
Ken Kesey entry at Wikipedia
Ken Kesey bibliography at LitKicks
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Ken Kesey page at University of Virginia
CP's Ken Kesey fansite
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"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
[United Artists Nov 1975]
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The first movie in 40 years to win all 5 top Oscars. Considered Nicholson's best all-time performance, he plays R.P. McMurphy, who tries to avoid jail time by feigning madness, leading to a tragic yet life-affirming end.
Directed by Milos Forman; starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, Will Sampson, Scatman Crothers, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Sydney Lassick & Vincent Schiavelli; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Script/Adaptation, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor (JN), nominated for Best Actor (BD), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Score; won DGA, WGA & 6 BAFTA awards; listed on National Film Registry (1993) Warner Special Edition DVD [9/2002] for $19.99 Warner widescreen DVD [12/97] for $15.99 Warner color VHS [3/2001] for $13.74 Fantasy soundtrack CD [10/93] for $10.97 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" black/Oscar poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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classic novel by Ken Kesey [1962]
listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005) NAL pb [7/89] for $6.99 Viking 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2002] for $24.95 Penguin Audio read by Ken Kesey [12/93] for $11.20 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [4/2000] for $73.99 "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: A Play In Two Acts" [1970] by Dale Wasserman Samuel French pb [6/70] out of print/used |
"Sometimes A Great Notion"
[Universal 1971]
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Co-produced & directed by and starring Paul Newman; also starring: Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin & Richard Jaeckel
Universal color VHS [2/2000] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
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novel by Ken Kesey [1964]
Penguin pb [6/88] for $10/47 |
"Kesey's Garage Sale" [Viking 1972]
"Northwest Review Book" [orig 1977, reissued 2001]
"Demon Box" [Penguin 1986]
"Caverns" [Penguin 1990]
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"The Further Inquiry: A Screenplay" [Viking 1990] by Ken Kesey, with photographs by Ron Bevirt The Merry Pranksters are on trial, and Neal Cassady rants in their defense. Viking pb [10/90] out of print/used Viking 9½x7¾ reviewer hardcover [10/90] out of print/used |
"Sailor Song" [Viking/Penguin 1992]
"Last Go Round" with Ken Babbs [Viking 1994]
"Twister: A Play" [Viking 1999]
 | "Rubber Tramps: A Documentary About Life On The Road" [indep 2002]
A late-life interview of Ken Kesey is the frame for interviews with 'tramps' in America living life On The Road in their campers and cars. Directed by Max Koetter Just Passing Through Prodns color DVD [6/2005] for $17.95 full credits at IMDb |
'Further': The Magic Bus
Merry Prankster History Project
'CyberBuss' website
Merry Pranksters fansite
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"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" [1967] by Tom Wolfe BDD 8½x5½ pb [10/99] for $10.47 Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover [1967] out of print/used BooksOnTape audio [1/92] out of stock/used NOTE 2008: A movie version of the book is announced, with Searchlight Pictures and director Gus Van Sant attached (latest info at IMDb) |
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"On The Bus: The Legendary Trip of Ken Kesey & The Merry Pranksters" [1989] by Ken Babbs & others Thunder's Mouth Press 9½x8½ pb [2/97] out of print/used Thunder's Mouth Press pb [12/89] out of print/used |
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"The Further Inquiry: A Screenplay" [Viking 1990] by Ken Kesey, with photographs by Ron Bevirt The Merry Pranksters are on trial, and Neal Cassady rants in their defense. Viking pb [10/90] out of print/used Viking 9½x7¾ reviewer hardcover [10/90] out of print/used |
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"The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey" [1993] by Douglas Brinkley A college professor takes a busload of students on an experimental class thru thirty states, visiting a Bob Dylan concert in Seattle, a Las Vegas casino, Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Elvis Presley’s Graceland, William Faulkner’s Rowan Oak, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield, Harry Truman’s Indepen- dence [Missouri], and Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota badlands – with unplanned experiences including a California earthquake, and meetings with William S. Burroughs and Ken Kesey, who took them for a spin in his own psyche- delic bus, Further. Thunder's Mouth Press 9x6 pb [4/2003] for $11.53 Harcourt 9¾x7½ hardcover [3/93] out of print/many, many used |
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