Rolling Stone - Cumberland Blues
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb
Based on the Rolling Stone magazine
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Karl Glusman, Aimee Teegarden, James Urbaniak, Ross Butler, Alicia Witt, Dora Madison Burge, John C. McGinley, Ned Bellamy, Dan Fogler and Maria Thayer
Plot: January, 1970. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) enters the office of Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman). Jann tells Brady that he has decided to make his article covering the disaster that was the Altamont Free Concert the cover story for the latest issue of the magazine. Brady thanks him for his confidence in his work before heading out into the lobby. Office manager Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) gives him a check on his way out the door, telling him it is a bonus for his article being made the cover story.
Elated, Brady decides to head down to Berkley to pick up Celeste after class and take her out to lunch. While he waits outside for the class to end, Brady runs into the man who fired him from the university, Dean Alan Smalling (John C. McGinley). Smalling is wondering what Brady is doing on campus, and Brady tells him he's waiting for someone. Smalling inquires what Brady is up to these days, and Brady tells him he's writing for a magazine. Smalling wishes Brady well and walks away. A few moments later, campus security approaches Brady and tells him he can't be loitering on campus. Brady tells them he's waiting for his girlfriend and that her class is just about to get out. They ask to see some identification, but Brady insulted, refuses. He tells them that until recently he was a professor there, but they don't believe him and ask him to keep moving or they'll be forced to call the police. Brady starts yelling at them to go ahead and call the cops, that he has every right to be there. Just then, Celeste exits a building and sees the commotion. Brady points her out to the security and walks over to them. They walk away from the building and Brady gives the security offers the finger.
Brady and Celeste eat lunch and drink coffee at a local cafe. A folk singer, Lexi Davenport (Dora Madison Burge), plays for the customers eating and conversing. After their meal, Celeste tells Brady that she has to head back to campus for a lecture and gets up and leaves. Brady watches Lexi's performance as he sips his coffee at a counter at the cafe. When Lexi finishes her set, she sits down next to Brady and orders a cup of coffee herself. Brady tells her he liked her music. She thanks him and gives him a flier to see her play at a local folk club the next week. Brady thanks her and leaves. In the lecture hall, Celeste and the other students wait for the professor to arrive. She overhears two students talking about how some former professor was kicked off campus earlier for stalking some girl. Celeste, embarrassed, slumps down in her seat.
Brady heads into the Rolling Stone offices, finding it mostly empty. One of the editors, Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak), greets him and asks if he wants an assignment since no one else is around. Brady shrugs and says why not. Gleason tells him to head to Oregon to do a story on a hippie compound up there. Apparently lots of notable counter culture figures have been hanging out up there, but information has been vague so far. Gleason gives him a plane ticket and tells him to get going. Brady trades in the plane ticket for two bus tickets and heads down to Berkley. He surprises Celeste on her way out of class and asks her if she wants to go on a one of a kind date. Since it's the weekend, she agrees, and they head to the bus station. They ride the bus from San Francisco to Eugene, Oregon. From the bus station they hitchhike to a farm outside of town. When they get there they find a communal farm and are greeted by Wavy Gravy (Dan Fogler), a hippie clown. Wavy welcomes them and shows them around the farm where people live, love and work together as one. They meet Mary Jane (Maria Thayer), who takes an immediate liking to Brady, much to Celeste's annoyance. Finally, at the end of the tour they meet the owner of the farm, Ken Kesey (Ned Bellamy). Kesey inquires about Brady's notebook sticking out of his pocket and asks if he's a writer. Brady says he is, but does not mention working for Rolling Stone. Celeste tells Kesey that until recently Brady taught journalism at UC Berkley, but Brady doesn't want her telling people about it. Kesey tells him there is no judgment here, and invites them to a party that evening.
That evening, everyone dances around a camp fire next to Kesey famed bus, Further. Some of the hippies take turns going into the bus to have sex. Wavy entertains the people sitting around the fire by blowing bubbles. Mary Jane starts dancing on Brady. Celeste interrupts her, and says she's dating Brady. Mary Jane says that's okay, that she's dating Wavy and a few other guys at that. She asks Celeste to stick her tongue out. Mary Jane then places an acid tab on Celeste's tongue, before giving her a kiss. She then does the same thing for Brady. Mary Jane, Brady and Celeste retire onto the bus where they all have sex together.
In the morning, Brady wakes up with Celeste and Mary Jane on either side of him. He carefully gets up, trying not to wake them and exits the bus and finds Kesey reading his notebook. Brady freezes. Kesey says Brady should have told him he wrote for Rolling Stone Magazine. Brady apologizes, but Kesey says it's alright and that he's a fan of the publication, especially the latest issue and article on the tragic events at Altamont. Brady confesses that he wrote that article. Kesey is impressed and offers Brady some coffee. Kesey asks Brady if journalism is always what Brady wanted to be doing, but Brady says no. He always wanted to write poetry, but his family convinced him to get into journalism instead so that he could actually make a living, as they said.
When Brady and Celeste get back to San Francisco, Brady takes her back to her dorm building. She thanks him for the weekend trip and kisses him goodbye. Brady then heads over to Rolling Stone and begins typing out his notes. Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler) and Jann Wenner read some of the notes while Brady types. They caution him against getting too close to his subjects. They already have one Hunter S. Thompson working for the paper, doing drugs and becoming a part of the story. They don't need another. Jann asks Brady to remove himself from the story and focus on Kesey, rather than his own experiences at the farm. Brady agrees and begins re-writing his article.
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