Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey (2008) (TV)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Peter von Puttkamer

Writers:

Wade Davis (writer)
Peter von Puttkamer (writer)

Release Date:

19 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

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

Plot:

Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic...

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Wade Davis

...

Narrator / Host

Also Known As:

Doorway to the Gods (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Canada

Company:

Gryphon Productions

Soundtrack:

Dark Star

A good introduction to the history of psychedelics in western society

I've seen many documentaries about LSD and other psychedelics, but this is probably the most up to date, and the most thorough of them all. This film follows the journeys of renowned ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes who was the first western scholar to have tried Peyote, Magic Mushrooms, morning glory seeds and Ayahauasca 30 years before the hippies, in a time when the use of these sacraments was virtually unknown in the western world. The film also follows the psychedelic revival of the sixties through Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley, Ken Kesey and all the usual suspects. If you are looking for a film about psychedelics, or if you are just open to new ideas and amazing worlds - this is the film for you.