WHAT HAPPENED TO KEROUAC? (DOCUMENTARY) - DVD

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• Release Year: 1986
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: “... abounds in insights about a writer who laboured a decade to attain success and then a decade being ruined by it...” ; New York Times ; ; ; Following a critically acclaimed theatrical release, this documentary charts the rise and fall of Jack Kerouac: legendary author of On The Road, poet, drifter and heart and mind of the beat generation.; ; Featuring rare interviews with his contempories Steve Allen, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs & Gregory Corso, this programme explores the man behind the myth. ; ; His words touched the restless souls of the fifties, which in turn led him down the path to his own destruction. ; ; Set to the jazz of Thelonious Monk with a special appearance by Charlie Parker in his only film clip, this mesmerising film takes Kerouac beyond his well documented weakness for alcohol, to reveal “what happened” when fame was thrust upon an essentially reticent man and artist. ; ; FEATURING ALLEN GINSBERG, GREGORY CORSO, WILLIAM BURROUGHS, STEVE ALLEN, WILLIAM BUCKLEY, CHARLIE PARKER, ; NEAL CASSADY, CAROLYN CASSADY, GARY SNYDER, MICHAEL McCLURE, LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI, HERBERT HUNCKE, ; JAN KEROUAC, EDIE KEROUAC PARKER, ANN CHARTERS, JOHN CLENNON HOLMES, ROBERT CREELEY. ;
• Cast: Gregory Corso, Jan Kerouac, Herbert Huncke, Fran Landesman, William F. Buckley, Ed Sanders, Allen Ginsberg, Edie Kerouac Parker, William S. Burroughs, Michael McClure, John Clellon Holmes, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ann Charters, Gary Snyder, Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, Ed White, Diane Di Prima, Armand Morissette, Steve Allen, Joyce Johnson, Robert Creeley, Lewis Yablonsky, Dizzy Gillespie, Jack Kerouac, Lewis MacAdams, Charlie Parker, Richard Lerner
• Director: Richard Lerner
• Runtime: 1:36
• Company: Delta Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie