The Sunshine Makers

Name: The Sunshine Makers
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: January 20, 2017
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 68

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FilmRise | Release Date: January 20, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: A real-life Breaking Bad for the psychedelic set, The Sunshine Makers reveals the fascinating, untold story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter-culture. United in a utopian mission to save the planet through the consciousness-raising power of LSD, these underground chemistsA real-life Breaking Bad for the psychedelic set, The Sunshine Makers reveals the fascinating, untold story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter-culture. United in a utopian mission to save the planet through the consciousness-raising power of LSD, these underground chemists manufactured a massive amount of acid, including the gold standard for quality LSD, Orange Sunshine, all while staying one step ahead of the Feds. [FilmRise]… Expand

Director: Cosmo Feilding-Mellen

Genre(s): History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 101 min

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G. Allen Johnson

Jan 26, 2017

The Sunshine Makers is a true San Francisco story. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 6, 2017

A light and lively look at a drug culture and trade that didn’t avoid all of the darkness that followed. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Jan 19, 2017

Whether together or apart, Mr. Sand and Mr. Scully seemed to be operating on a similar wavelength, and the movie gets a lot of mileage from their sometimes excellent, at times hair-raising, occasionally puckishly funny and altogether wild adventures. Read full review

Kimber Myers

Jan 26, 2017

This documentary meanders a bit as it goes between time periods, but it’s never less than entertaining and illuminating. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jan 19, 2017

The Sunshine Makers is an entertaining look at the days in which the phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out" were words to live by. Read full review

Craig D. Lindsey

Jan 19, 2017

For a documentary about two men who were big-time drug dealers back in the day, The Sunshine Makers is a quaint, damn-near-adorable bit of nostalgia. Read full review

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