Kerouac /
Examines Kerouac's life beginning with his impoverished Catholic boyhood, through his development as one of the most important modern American authors, to his self-destructive demise at the age of 47. Includes documentary footage, including television appearances with Steve Allen and William Bu...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Mystic Fire Video :
[1999]
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| Series: | Beat box set.
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| Summary: | Examines Kerouac's life beginning with his impoverished Catholic boyhood, through his development as one of the most important modern American authors, to his self-destructive demise at the age of 47. Includes documentary footage, including television appearances with Steve Allen and William Buckley, interviews with his contemporaries, and dramatized scenes from his life and works. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a documentary motion picture in 1986. Part of a five-video set, The Beat box set, presented as a collection of independent films about the American literary movement of the Beat poets. The set also includes "William S. Burroughs: commissioner of sewers", "Fried Shoes and Cooked Diamonds", "Love Lion", and "The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti". Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (73 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Jerry Jones ; editor, Will Parrinello ; narrator, Peter Coyote. |
| ISBN: | 156176325X |