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My Psychedelic Love Story

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An examination of the high priest of LSD Timothy Leary through the eyes of famed lover Joanna Harcourt-Smith. Was Leary's "perfect love" a CIA plant or was she simply a rich, beautiful young woman out for the adventure of a lifetime?
Director
Errol Morris
Year
2020
Genre
documentary
Box Office
N/A
Production
Showtime Documentary Films,Fourth Floor Productions,Moxie Pictures
Awards
1 nomination.
Homepage
https://www.sho.com/titles/3497302/my-psychedelic-love-story
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I had not read any of his books. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:04
I had not read any of his books.
I had heard the Moody Blues song. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:04
I had heard the Moody Blues song.
I remember exactly - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
I remember exactly
Seven months pregnant - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:15
Seven months pregnant
[singing] Timothy Leary's dead - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:21
[singing] Timothy Leary's dead
He'll fly his astral plane - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:17
He'll fly his astral plane
[Walter Cronkite] The Supreme Court today overturned - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:10
[Walter Cronkite] The Supreme Court today overturned
[Leary] I don't think that I'm ever going to spend - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
[Leary] I don't think that I'm ever going to spen...
You see, it would be suicidal - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
You see, it would be suicidal
Every time they arrest me, they bring more interest - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
Every time they arrest me, they bring more interest
'Cause we're not criminals, we're not dope addicts. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:04
'Cause we're not criminals, we're not dope ad...
We're sincere people trying to do our best for our society - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
We're sincere people trying to do our best for our soci...
Much of it was about - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
Much of it was about
My mother went through two world wars. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
My mother went through two world wars.
She went through two world wars as a Jew. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
She went through two world wars as a Jew.
She carried the trauma - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
She carried the trauma
She carried the trauma of 77 of her relatives - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
She carried the trauma of 77 of her relatives
Except for sometimes being funny... - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
Except for sometimes being funny...
Well, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:09
Well,
I think I was about 11 when I found out we were Jewish. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
I think I was about 11 when I found out we were Jewish.
And so, I immediately ran to my mother - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
And so, I immediately ran to my mother
We're the most intelligent people in the world!" - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
We're the most intelligent people in the world!"
She said, "Never, never, never say that." - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
She said, "Never, never, never say that."
It would save her child, her children, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
It would save her child, her children,
So back to LSD calling me. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
So back to LSD calling me.
There was something that could provoke - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
There was something that could provoke
And perhaps I could find out - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
And perhaps I could find out
[rain falling] - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
[rain falling]
[cheering] - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:17
[cheering]
And, as you probably know, uh, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
And, as you probably know, uh,
[Cronkite] Dr. Timothy Leary, the former Harvard instructor - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:12
[Cronkite] Dr. Timothy Leary, the former Harvard instructor
[Joanna] At that time, this character I had been - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
[Joanna] At that time, this character I had been
Timothy called him Goldfinger. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
Timothy called him Goldfinger.
No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.
He was always trying to get back with me. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
He was always trying to get back with me.
He would say to me, "I have a Rolls-Royce," - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:26
He would say to me, "I have a Rolls-Royce,"
[Roger Mudd] Dr. Timothy Leary, formerly of Harvard, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:10
[Roger Mudd] Dr. Timothy Leary, formerly of Harvard,
Dr. Leary was serving a term of up to ten years - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
Dr. Leary was serving a term of up to ten years
We want to tell the people of the United States - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
We want to tell the people of the United States
Join us in the fight for freedom - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
Join us in the fight for freedom
[Errol] And how did he come to "own" Timothy Leary? - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
[Errol] And how did he come to "own" Timothy Leary...
His friend recommended - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:09
His friend recommended
Michel gave them a beautiful house... - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:04
Michel gave them a beautiful house...
Paid for a nice life. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:04
Paid for a nice life.
But after a short while he said, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:24
But after a short while he said,
And so that's what Michel meant - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:13
And so that's what Michel meant
You can never tell how rich, rich people are. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
You can never tell how rich, rich people are.
[news anchor] Switzerland today refused a United States request - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
[news anchor] Switzerland today refused a United States req...
Leary called it a victory of love. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:04
Leary called it a victory of love.
[interviewer] Dr. Leary, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:04
[interviewer] Dr. Leary,
Well, it's ironic, um, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
Well, it's ironic, um,
I'm going to decline the invitation of, uh, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
I'm going to decline the invitation of, uh,
I started thinking about this Timothy Leary. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
I started thinking about this Timothy Leary.
I just had this destiny thing. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
I just had this destiny thing.
I always feel when there's going to be a turn in my destiny. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
I always feel when there's going to be a turn in my des...
It's happened to me again and again and again. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:04
It's happened to me again and again and again.
I was living in the south of Spain - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
I was living in the south of Spain
I took off with a man - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
I took off with a man
He spent a lot of time with the Rolling Stones. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
He spent a lot of time with the Rolling Stones.
One of their songs is called - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:10
One of their songs is called
We went to see Keith Richards - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
We went to see Keith Richards
Keith Richards had this lover, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:19
Keith Richards had this lover,
She said, "There's this man, Timothy Leary, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:16
She said, "There's this man, Timothy Leary,
What Tommy and I were doing is - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:18
What Tommy and I were doing is
[Joanna] Tommy and I flew to Washington, D.C. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:04
[Joanna] Tommy and I flew to Washington, D.C.
We went to the McGovern - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:16
We went to the McGovern
They were so down, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
They were so down,
So, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
So,
[laughs] - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
[laughs]
We were staying with this friend of mine, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
We were staying with this friend of mine,
-The phone rang. -[phone rings] - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
-The phone rang. -[phone rings]
I made an appointment to go and have drinks with him - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
I made an appointment to go and have drinks with him
He pulled out a check - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
He pulled out a check
He says, "That's what Bantam Books gave me - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:18
He says, "That's what Bantam Books gave me
He was emulating Aleister Crowley. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
He was emulating Aleister Crowley.
Well, I thought, "Oh, my goodness, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
Well, I thought, "Oh, my goodness,
[Leary] - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
[Leary]
[Joanna] Tommy and I flew to Geneva, - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:13
[Joanna] Tommy and I flew to Geneva,
We gave him a good English hashish spliff. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
We gave him a good English hashish spliff.
I went into Michel's office - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:11
I went into Michel's office
[Errol] Isn't Tommy jealous of your interest in Leary? - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
[Errol] Isn't Tommy jealous of your interest in Leary?
I mean, he didn't think that - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
I mean, he didn't think that
Then I went to - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
Then I went to
I never have any money, but things happen. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
I never have any money, but things happen.
[phone rings] - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:04
[phone rings]
[Joanna] I told him I saw Michel Hauchard in New York - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
[Joanna] I told him I saw Michel Hauchard in New York
He invited us to come to Lucerne - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:06
He invited us to come to Lucerne
We got a bunch of balloons - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:08
We got a bunch of balloons
I think I must have looked at him from the feet to the top. - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:05
I think I must have looked at him from the feet to the top.
And I swear it looked like - My Psychedelic Love Story 00:07
And I swear it looked like
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An examination of the high priest of LSD Timothy Leary through the eyes of famed lover Joanna Harcourt-Smith. Was Leary's "perfect love" a CIA plant or was she simply a rich, beautiful young woman out for the adventure of a lifetime?

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Director: Errol Morris
Writer: Joanna Harcourt-Smith (based on the book: Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary: My Psychedelic Love Story by)
Production: Showtime Documentary Films,Fourth Floor Productions,Moxie Pictures
Genre: documentary
Year: 2020
MetaScore: 69/100
ImdbRating: 6.1
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 22 Oct 2020
Awards: 1 nomination.
Homepage: https://www.sho.com/titles/3497302/my-psychedelic-love-story
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