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6.2/10   71 votes
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Director:
John Antonelli
Writers:
John Antonelli (writer)
Frank Cervarich (writer)
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Release Date:
6 September 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary | Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
"It's like being in the car with Kerouac and Neal Cassady" -Denver Post more
Plot:
Jack Kerouac was a Beat Generation writer who took the nation by storm upon the publication of his novel On the Road... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Reviews:
Read the book... more (3 total)

Cast

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Peter Coyote ... Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cindy Alwan

David Andrews ... Dean Moriarty
Leon Benedict ... Father
William S. Burroughs ... Himself (novelist)
Carolyn Cassady ... Herself (novelist)
Ann Charters ... Herself (Kerouac biographer)
Sam Charters ... Himself (jazz historian)
Jack Coulter ... Jack Kerouac
Robert Creeley ... Himself (poet)
Michelle DeFors
Kurt Deibel
Lawrence Ferlinghetti ... Himself (poet)
Allen Ginsberg ... Himself (poet)
Seth Goldstein ... Young Kerouac
John Clellon Holmes ... Himself (novelist)
Herbert Huncke ... Himself (writer)
Joyce Johnson ... Herself (novelist)
Seymour Krim ... Himself (writer)
Michael McClure ... Himself (poet)
Gilbert Millstein ... Himself (writer, book reviewer)
Armand Morissette ... Himself (priest, friend) (as Rev. Armand "Spike" Morissette)
Edie Kerouac Parker ... Herself (wife)
Jerold Pearson ... Henry Morley
Diane Potter
Patti Potter
John Rousseou ... Japhy Ryder

Carl Solomon ... Himself (poet)
Patrick Turner ... Lucian Carr
Stanley Twardowicz ... Himself (artist)
Wendell Walker
Michael Warner ... Ship Mate
Ron Wills
Adam Wolf
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Runtime:
78 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA more
Company:
Daybreak Films more

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Features "Firing Line" (1966) more

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3 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Read the book..., 2 January 1999
7/10
Author: Keith Youngblood from USA

Though this is a "good movie", it did absolutely no justice to the book. If you are not a Kerouac fan or have no knowledge of him, you will most likely enjoy this movie. However, this movie is not even comparable to any of Jack's writings. I suggest you read his books to know who this man really is.

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