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  • 2017
  • R
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • 3 h 58 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • 3 h 58 m

Summary The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadvertently achieved success on their own terms. Never-before-seen footage and interviews offer this unprecedented and unvarnished look at the life of the Dead.

Directed By: Amir Bar-Lev

  • 2017
  • R
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • 3 h 58 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • 3 h 58 m

Long Strange Trip

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
78
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
7.6
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Summary The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadvertently achieved success on their own terms. Never-before-seen footage and interviews offer this unprecedented and unvarnished look at the life of the Dead.

Directed By: Amir Bar-Lev

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
78
92% Positive
12 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
78
92% Positive
12 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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100
May 26, 2017
As sad as Garcia’s end is, Long Strange Trip remains an exhilarating and inspiring movie. For a not inconsiderable period, Garcia, Weir, Hart, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and various fellow travelers saw the possibilities that their talents and the times offered them, and made hay of them.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
88
May 25, 2017
Amir Bar-Lev’s excellent, definitive film on the Haight-Ashbury acid-testers is long – four fly-by hours – but there are very few wasted moments.
By Brad Wheeler FULL REVIEW
80
May 25, 2017
It’s surprising there has never really been an extended cinematic exploration of the band. Long Strange Trip, ambitiously assembled and elegantly directed by Amir Bar-Lev, fills that void.
By Daniel M. Gold FULL REVIEW
75
May 25, 2017
Not only does the film provide an exhaustive account of the band’s rise and fall, but it also clearly articulates their importance in music history, their singular character as a performing entity and even the distinctive nature of their fandom.
By Kenji Fujishima FULL REVIEW
70
May 27, 2017
You don’t have to be a Deadhead, or even a casual listener, to find in Long Strange Trip a compelling tale of what happens when iconoclasts become icons.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
70
May 25, 2017
If the story is known, this telling is lusher than any before, the film stuffed with rare archival footage and performance clips. The effect is one of coasting along amid a vast, noisy, variegated parade, vividly rendered. And that works just fine.
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58
Jun 6, 2017
While Long Strange Trip is full of rare or untouched archival video and audio, there are very few revelatory treasures to tell those seriously interested in understanding the Dead’s impact something new.
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
7.6
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13% Mixed
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Production Company Amazon Studios, Double E Pictures, AOMA Sunshine Films, Sikelia Productions
Release Date May 26, 2017
Duration 3 h 58 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead
Website https://www.longstrangetripdoc.com/
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 2 Nominations
Traverse City Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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