Conceiving Ada 1997  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Timothy Leary, Karen Black, Francesca Faridany, John Perry Barlow, John O'Keefe, J. D. Wolfe, Owen Murphy, David Brooks, Esther Mulligan
A computer genius, Emmy Coer (Francesca Faridany), devises software that allows her to communicate with a historical figure of the past. Her connection is with Ada Lovelace (Tilda Swinton)–a 19th-century mathematician who has been credited with writing the first computer program. Ada, the daughter of Lord Byron, was thwarted in her endeavors by the Victorian world's tenets dictating that women should stay home and raise children. Emmy plans to defeat death and give Ada a second chance in the modern-day world.
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Roadside Prophets 1992  R, 96 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Abbe Wool
Cast: John Doe, David Anthony Marshall, Adam Horovitz, Arlo Guthrie, David Carradine, John Cusack, Timothy Leary, Biff Yeager, JD Cullum, Ebbe Roe Smith, Aaron Lustig, Judyth Thurman, Erica Rogers
Misfit bikers Joe Mosely (John Doe) and Sam (Adam Horovitz) meet and ride together during Joe's quest to fulfill a biker friend's last request and scatter the dead man's ashes in the remote town of Eldorado, Nevada. Along the desert road, they meet a variety of characters, some of whom are featured in cameos–including Timothy Leary, Arlo Guthrie, David Carradine, and John Cusack.
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Ted & Venus 1991 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
aka: Ted and Venus
Director: Bud Cort
Cast: Bud Cort, James Brolin, Kim Adams, Carol Kane, Pamella D'Pella, Brian Thompson, Rhea Perlman, Woody Harrelson, Martin Mull, Roberta Wallach, Timothy Leary, Tricia O'Neil, Tony Genaro, Vincent Schiavelli, Andrea Martin
Hippie poet Ted Whitley (Bud Cort) spends his time in 1974 on the boardwalk at Venice Beach, California, where he delivers his poetry inspirations. One day, Ted sees a vision: beautiful, bikini clad Linda (Kim Adams) emerging from the sea. Ted entertains Linda with his poetry and decides to pursue her. Linda does not share Ted's interest, and soon Ted resorts to using obscene phone calls and stalking–all of which terrorize Linda–to make Linda forever his.
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Timothy Leary's Dead 1996 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Paul Davids
Cast: Timothy Leary
This documentary on the life of Timothy Leary involves interviews with friends and associates of the famed professor of the counter-culture generation.
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| 1. Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams (1981)
2. Conceiving Ada (1997)
3. Roadside Prophets (1992)
4. Synthetic Pleasures (1996)
5. Ted & Venus (1991)
aka: Ted and Venus
6. Timothy Leary's Dead (1996)
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