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6.2/10   71 votes
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Release Date:
6 September 1985 (USA) 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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1 nomination more
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Cast

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Peter Coyote ... Narrator (voice)
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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

Steve Allen ... Himself (interviews Kerouac) (archive footage) (uncredited)
William F. Buckley ... Himself (interviews Kerouac) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Walter Cronkite ... Himself (reports death of Kerouac) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Kerouac ... Himself (reads On The Road to Steve Allen) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Antonelli 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
John Antonelli  writer
Frank Cervarich  writer
Jack Kerouac  works "Visions of Gerard", "Dr. Sax", "Vanity of Duluoz", "The Town and the City", "On the Road", "Desolation Angels", "Dharma Bums" and "Big Sur and others"
John Tytell  writer

Produced by
John Antonelli .... producer
Will Parrinello .... producer
Marilyn Smith .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Tim Heller 
 
Cinematography by
Jerry Jones 
 
Film Editing by
Will Parrinello 
 
Sound Department
Terry Floyd .... assistant sound editor
 
Editorial Department
Bob Sarles .... additional editor
 
Other crew
John Tytell .... consultant: humanities (as John Tytell Ph.D.)
 

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78 min
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Features "The Steve Allen Show" (1956) 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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