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Sometimes treasures come with a curse attached.

For instance, While Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney was thrilled to get his hands on raw footage of a legendary 1960s road-trip, the find led to one very tedious production session.

This 1934 International Harvester school bus, named "Further" became an international icon of the hippy movement after the Merry Pranksters drove it from California to New York and back in 1964. (Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)

Ken Kesey and the Merry Band of Pranksters

 drove from California to New York and back in an old school bus, filming and audio-taping much of the experience.

, Gibney and co-director Alison Ellwood had to find a way to distill it all down into one documentary:

You can find out more about the road trip, and the documentary, by clicking on the audio link:

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