Jack Kerouac
Know for: Writing
Born: 1922-03-12
Place of birth: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as:
Pull My Daisy (1959)
Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose...
Take Your Pills (2018)
In a hypercompetitive world, drugs like Adderall offer students, athletes, coders and others a way to do more -- faster and better. But at what cost?
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg (1997)
Witness the last days of the Beat poet whose works would capture the very essence of the 1960 counter-cultural movement in an informative documentary...
New York in the Fifties (2001)
New York in the Fifties is the story of a unique time and place, when New York was the hotbed of new artistic expressions, free love, drinking, hot...
Love Always, Carolyn (2011)
Documentary about Carolyn Cassady, her life and marriage to Neal Cassady, her relationship with Jack Kerouac and how she takes care of the literary...
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur (2008)
"One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur" examines Jack Kerouac's escape from post "On The Road" fame to his dream of an isolated retreat in a...
Beat Generation (2014)
Tells the story of the wonderful and long-lasting friendship between Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs that gave birth to the Beat...
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' (2003)
A documentary about the film, I am Curious-Yellow (1967), and how it made it into the USA and changed film in USA forever by breaking the USA...
Couch (1964)
The couch at Andy Warhol's Factory was as famous in its own right as any of his Superstars. In Couch, visitors to the Factory were invited to...
Il falso bugiardo (2008)
Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen play writer who invented many stories that became...
On the Road to Desolation (1997)
Andrew O'Hagan looks at a critical point in the life of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. In 1956 he spent spent 63 soul-searching days as a...
Pull My Daisy (1959)
Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose...
On the Road (2012)
Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and...
The Subterraneans (1960)
A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.
Big Sur (2013)
Big Sur is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac autobiographical novel of the same name.