“EPIC!”
- John Anderson, Wall Street Journal
“It tells the story beautifully, organically, and, by the end, tenderly, as it moves through six thematic ‘acts.’”
- Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe
"At three hours and 58 minutes, it has the sprawl and generosity of a good Dead show, yet there's nothing indulgent about it - it's an ardent piece of documentary classicism.”
- Owen Gleiberman, Variety
“Awe-inspiring and thought-provoking!”
- Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com
"A bountiful trove of archival images and rare footage.”
- Daniel M. Gold, The New York Times
"Long Strange Trip gives you a glimpse into the artists who risked their lives in search of a transcendental moment via the right combo of chords and camaraderie. It's not nearly long enough.”
- David Fear, Rolling Stone
COMING SOON TO THEATERS
Check the list below to find Long Strange Trip playing in a theater near you:
8/18 - AR, Little Rock - Movie Tavern Little Rock
8/18 - CO, Aurora - Movie Tavern Aurora
8/18 - GA, Roswell - Movie Tavern Roswell
8/18 - IA, Cedar Rapids - Marcus Cedar Rapids Cinema
8/18 - IA, Iowa City - Marcus Sycamore Cinema
8/18 - IL, Addison - Marcus Addison Cinema
8/18 - IL, Gurnee - Marcus Gurnee Mills Cinema
8/18 - IL, Orland Park - Marcus Orland Park Cinema
8/18 - KY, Nicolasville - Movie Tavern Brannon Crossing
8/18 - LA, Covington - Movie Tavern Covington
8/18 - MN, Oakdale - Marcus Oakdale Cinema
8/18 - MO, Des Peres - Marcus Des Peres Cinema
8/18 - MO, St. Louis - Marcus Ronnie’s Cinema
8/18 - NE, Lincoln - Marcus Lincoln Grand Cinema
8/18 - NE, Omaha - Marcus Majestic Cinema of Omaha
8/18 - NY, Camillus - Movie Tavern Syracuse
8/18 - OH, Columbus - Marcus Crosswoods Cinema
8/18 - PA, Trexlertown - Movie Tavern Trexlertown
8/18 - TX, Fort Worth - Movie Tavern Hulen
8/18 - VA, Williamsburg - Movie Tavern Williamsburg
8/18 - WI, Appleton - Marcus Valley Grand Cinema
8/18 - WI, Madison - Marcus Point Cinema
8/18 - WI, Mequon - Marcus North Shore Cinema
8/18 - WI, Waukesha - Marcus Majestic Cinema
8/21 & 8/22 - CA, Long Beach - Art Theatre of Long Beach
8/21 - OR, Portland - Clinton Street Theater
8/24 - NY, Pleasantville - Jacob Burns Film Center
9/1 - Salem, OR - Salem Cinema
9/8 - MA, Foxborough - Showcase Cinema de Lux Patriot Place
9/8 - MA, Millbury - Blackstone Valley 14 Cinema de Lux
9/8 - OH, Springdale - Showcase Cinema de Lux Springdale 18
9/8 - RI, Providence - Providence Place Cinemas 16 and IMAX
9/10 - 9/12 - Lake Worth, FL - Lake Worth Playhouse
Official soundtrack available on CD & Vinyl on Dead.net
ABOUT LONG STRANGE TRIP
The 30-year odyssey of the Grateful Dead was the most unlikely success story in rock ’n’ roll history. Famously averse to publicity and seemingly incapable of recording radio-friendly hits, they flouted music-industry convention by giving their live music away to a global network of tape traders and becoming the highest-grossing concert act in America through word of mouth alone.
Directed by Amir Bar-Lev (The Tillman Story) and executive produced by Martin Scorsese (The Last Waltz), Long Strange Trip is the first full-length documentary to explore the fiercely independent vision, perpetual innovation, and uncompromising commitment to their audience that made the Bay Area band one of the most influential musical groups of their generation. Artfully assembling candid interviews with the band, road crew, family members and notable Deadheads, Bar-Lev reveals the untold history of the Dead and the freewheeling psychedelic subculture that sprouted up around it. The film also provides poignant insight into the psyche of late lead guitarist Jerry Garcia, whose disdain for authority clashed with his de facto leadership of the sprawling collective that kept the show on the road.
With a soundtrack that captures some of the band’s most dynamic live performances as well as unguarded offstage moments and never-before-seen interviews, footage and photos, Long Strange Trip explores the Dead’s singular experiment in radically eclectic music making. Much more than the “behind the music” backstory of an exceptionally talented and beloved group of musicians, the film is at once an inspiring tale of unfettered artistic expression, a heartfelt American tragedy, and an incisive history of the rise and fall of 20th-century counterculture.