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Kerouac, the Movie

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Original title: Kerouac, the Movie
Year: 1985
Running time: 78 min.
Country: United States
Director: John Antonelli
Screenwriter: John Antonelli, Frank Cervarich, John Tytell
Cast: Documentary
Music: Tim Heller
Cinematography: Jerry Jones
Producer: Daybreak Films, Mill Valley Film Group
Genre: Documentary | Biography
Synopsis: Jack Kerouac was a Beat Generation writer who took the nation by storm upon the publication of his novel On the Road. Kerouac's legacy and influence are explained via interviews with Kerouac's friends and contemporaries such as William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, and Edie Parker. Narrator Peter Coyote reads sections of Kerouac's (mostly autobiographical) books as an actor recreates scenes from Kerouac's life.

Awards: 1985: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize (Documentary)

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Kerouac, the Movie

1985

John Antonelli

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