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©2001
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Special features: 20 minutes of additional footage ; Chant Master Krishna Das' prayer "Hanuman Puja" accompanied by a photo montage of Maharaj ji ; "Hanuman Puja" lyrics in Sanskrit and English ; Biographies of Ram Dass and producer/director Mickey Lemle ; personal statement from Mickey Lemle
Richard Alpert, after being expelled from Harvard in 1963 for experimenting with LSD, morphed into Ram Dass, a serious and much loved spiritual leader, author and lecturer. This film visits Ram Dass in 2001 as he remakes his life since suffering a stroke five years ago. Balances fascinating, often hilarious footage from the hippie era with contemporary material and interviews with Ram Dass and his associates
Producer/director, Mickey Lemle ; cinematographer, Buddy Squires ; editors, Aaron Vega, Mickey Lemle, Jacob Craycroft ; original music, Teese Gohl
Larry Brilliant, Wavy Gravy, Ralph Metzner, Huston Smith, Rosemary Woodruff Leary, Ghagavan Das, Krishna Das, Mark Matousek, Robert McDermott
DVD; Region 1; NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio)