The life and friendship among the icons of the Beat Generation: Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, and Jack Kerouac.The life and friendship among the icons of the Beat Generation: Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, and Jack Kerouac.The life and friendship among the icons of the Beat Generation: Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, and Jack Kerouac.
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- TriviaThe role of "Ira" is a thinly veiled portrayal of Allen Ginsberg. The name was changed after Ginsberg objected.
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Mrs. Kerouac: I don't understand why you're doing this?
Jack Kerouac: I don't either; but, I know I want to do it.
Mrs. Kerouac: But, I thought you always wanted to be a writer?
Jack Kerouac: I do. That's why I want to do it. I want to get him down on paper.
Mrs. Kerouac: Can't he get himself down on paper?
- SoundtracksI Love Her, Too
Vocal by Aaron Neville
Music by Jack Nitzsche
Lyrics by Buffy Sainte-Marie and John Byrum
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A take on a subject strangely lacking in coverage
Considering all the comment about the "beat generation" US literary movement of the 1950's and 60's, it seems there's not much film examination of it. The only book of Kerouac's to be filmed so far was the confusing "The Subterraneans" in 1960, not an obvious candidate. This 1980 film is the only biopic of which I'm aware that follows the Kerouac/Neal & Carolyn Cassady saga. It's spotty and doesn't communicate a great deal of what "beat" literature claimed to have accomplished (if indeed anything WAS accomplished), but Nolte was born to play the role of Neal C., which performance alone seals the value of this film. The Cassadys were muses that helped generate Kerouac's impetus to write, and the rest is history.
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- Gross US & Canada
- $954,046
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $74,303
- Jan 20, 1980
- Gross worldwide
- $954,046
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