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- Release Date: 1986
- Runtime: 96 min
- Genre: Biography, Documentary
- Starring: Gregory Corso, Jan Kerouac, Herbert Huncke, Fran Landesman ... see all
- Director: Richard Lerner, Lewis MacAdams
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Sep 26, 2004
Malcolm Hart - imdb.com
Sep 26, 2004Malcolm Hart - imdb.com
I was in the US in 1984 when I got wind of a party Allen Ginsberg was planning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the publication of 'On The Road'. Allen was, at that time the head of the Jack... Full review
Essential Kerouac
Mar 07, 2004
Zen Bones - imdb.com
Mar 07, 2004Zen Bones - imdb.com
Anyone who's a fan of Kerouac, or who would like to know about him, will be thrilled to see so much great stuff packed into one film. Aside from the usual anecdotes by people who knew him (Burroughs, Ginsberg, Corso... Full review
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| Oct 19, 2006Los Angeles Weekly
Eager to emulate Kerouac and Burroughs' lurch toward self-actualization, and crushing hard on Kerouac, Ginsberg followed their lead.
Kerouac's unrestrained prose style in turn exerted a strong gravitational pull on Ginsberg's poetry, as did Neal Cassady's correspondence to his wife Joan.
... Full Review
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Concert review: Jay Farrar, Ben Gibbard take on Kerouac at Lincoln Hall
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2009-10-27
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Kerouac's demons chased him to Big Sur
sfgate.com –
2009-10-18
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2009-10-10
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