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'Magic Trip': High Times With The Merry Pranksters

<strong>Road Warriors:</strong> Timothy Leary (left) and Neal Cassady, the inspiration for Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's <em>On the Road</em>, were two of the Merry Pranksters onboard the psychedelic &quot;Further&quot; bus in 1964. <em>Magic Trip</em> tries to immortalize their journey to a larger extent than the film is able to support. (Corbis)
Road Warriors: Timothy Leary (left) and Neal Cassady, the inspiration for Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's On the Road, were two of the Merry Pranksters onboard the psychedelic "Further" bus in 1964. Magic Trip tries to immortalize their journey to a larger extent than the film is able to support. (Corbis)

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