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Overview
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Mini Biography:
Kesey burst into the literary scene with the "Cuckoo's Nest" in 1962 which... more
Trivia:
Children: Shannon (b. 1960), Zane (b. 1961), Jed (b. 1964, d. 1984), and... more
NewsDesk:
(15 articles)
The 26th Olympia Film Festival
(From MoviesOnline. 16 October 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)
Swimming Cities of Serenissima: Equal parts Burning Man, Kon Tiki and Mad Max
(From Fast Company. 22 September 2009, 3:00 PM, PDT)
(From MoviesOnline. 16 October 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)
Swimming Cities of Serenissima: Equal parts Burning Man, Kon Tiki and Mad Max
(From Fast Company. 22 September 2009, 3:00 PM, PDT)
Filmography
Writer:
- Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (2000) (V) (play "Twister: A Ritual Reality in Three Quarters Plus Overtime if Necessary")
- Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story (1995) (V) (writer)
- Drug-Taking and the Arts (1994) (notebooks)
- Toestanden (1976) (novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (novel)
- Sometimes a Great Notion (1970) (novel)
... aka Never Give a Inch (USA: reissue title)
... aka Never Give an Inch (UK)
Actor:
- Ricochet River (2001) .... Baseball Announcer
- Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (2000) (V) (voice) .... Oz / Kesey / Bones / Crow
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) .... Sissy's Daddy
Director:
- Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (2000) (V)
Editor:
- Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (2000) (V)
Soundtrack:
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) (performer: "Happy Birthday to You")
Thanks:
- Gerry (2002) (in memory of)
- Completely Cuckoo (1997) (V) (special thanks)
... aka The Making of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (USA: recut version)
Self:
- Edge City: The Story of the Merry Pranksters (2008) .... Ken Kesey
- Go Further (2003) .... Himself
- Rubber Tramps (2002)
- The Beatles Revolution (2000) (TV) .... Himself
- Tripping (1999) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Summer of Love: Tripping (UK: series title) - Completely Cuckoo (1997) (V) .... Himself
... aka The Making of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (USA: recut version) - Timothy Leary's Last Trip (1997) .... Himself
- "Great Drives" (1996) TV mini-series .... Himself (volume 3: Pacific Coast Highway)
- "Rock & Roll" (1995) TV mini-series .... Himself
- A Conversation with Ken Kesey (1995) .... Himself
- Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story (1995) (V) .... Himself
- The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994) .... Himself
- Flashbacks (1990) .... Collaborator/Interview Subject
... aka Timothy Leary's Flashbacks (USA: complete title) - Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland (1978) (TV) .... Himself
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Book (childrens book): "Little Fricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear"
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