Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey (2008)
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.
Director: Peter von Puttkamer
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Wade Davis as Self / Presenter |
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Timothy Leary as Self (archive footage) |
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Andrew Weil as Self |
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Jeremy Narby as Self |
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Randy Borman as Self |
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Aldous Huxley as Self (archive footage) |
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Martin A. Lee as Self |
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Ralph Metzner as Self |
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Bob Weir as Self |
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Jonathan Ott as Self |
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Richard Evans Schultes as Self (archive footage) |
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Albert Hofmann as Self (archive footage) |
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Ken Kesey as Self (archive footage) |
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Robert Forte as Self |
| Directing | Peter von Puttkamer | Director |
| Editing | Peter von Puttkamer | Editor |
| Production | Wade Davis | Co-Producer |
| Production | Sheera von Puttkamer | Producer |
| Production | Peter von Puttkamer | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Michael Richard Plowman | Music |
| Sound | Vincent Nuccio | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Patrick Woodard | Colorist |
| Writing | Wade Davis | Writer |
| Writing | Peter von Puttkamer | Writer |
| Camera | Randall Peck | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Peter von Puttkamer | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bill Mills | Camera Operator |
