Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats

Overview:

Jack Kerouac's life is examined through interviews with his contemporaries and friends including Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and William S. Burroughs. The film also employs dramatic recreations of Kerouac's life beginning with his early childhood.

Released: 1985-09-06

Duration: 01:11:00

Genre: Biography, Documentary

Keywords: Biography, Author, Beat Generation

Director: John Antonelli

Writer: John Antonelli, Frank Cervarich

Cast: Peter Coyote

Director: John Antonelli

Writer: John Antonelli Frank Cervarich

Cast: Peter Coyote

Genre: Biography Documentary

Keywords: Biography Author Beat Generation

Description

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.