Big Sur
Nov 01, 2013 | IMDB 5
100 min Watch NowDrama
Big Sur is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac autobiographical novel of the same name.
Drama
Big Sur is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac autobiographical novel of the same name.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Naked Lunch
Beat Angel
Pull My Daisy
Jack Kerouac's Road: A Franco-American Odyssey
Kill Your Darlings
Heart Beat
The Subterraneans
The Honey Bee
Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat
A Line a Day Must Be Enough!
The Beach - San Francisco’s North Beach in the 50s
Chicago 10
The Beat Generation
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Witchcraft Through the Ages
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel
Living on the Edge: The Poetic Works of Gérald Leblanc
Sunnyside
Black Lodge
SIMILAR MOVIES
Naked Lunch
IMDB 7 | Dec , 1991
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.Beat Angel
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2004
Jack Kerouac returns to earth as an angel with the goal of changing the life of a struggling writer.Pull My Daisy
IMDB 6 | Nov , 1959
Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respected bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's Bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.Jack Kerouac's Road: A Franco-American Odyssey
IMDB 8 | Mar , 1987
Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writer with Québec roots who became one of the most important spokesmen for his generation. Intercut with archival footage, photographs and interviews, this film takes apart the heroic myth and even returns to the childhood of the author whose life and work contributed greatly to the cultural, sexual and social revolution of the 1960s.Kill Your Darlings
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 2013
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.Heart Beat
IMDB 5.6 | Apr , 1980
An exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and Cassady's wife, Carolyn.The Subterraneans
IMDB 4.8 | Jun , 1960
A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.The Honey Bee
IMDB 0 | May , 2019
Beat poem parable to black youth.Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 2001
A Line a Day Must Be Enough!
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2008
In a film bursting with lyrics, pictures, and music the director shows us a way into the peculiar universe of Tóroddur, and the otherwise not very talkative artist gives us a glimpse of his thoughts on art, God, life and death.The Beach - San Francisco’s North Beach in the 50s
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1995
San Francisco's North Beach in the 50's - A mix of jazz, poetry and art - The Beach recreates the atmosphere that prevailed through first-hand accounts from the actual "players" along with photographs and artwork from that vibrant time.Chicago 10
IMDB 6 | Feb , 2008
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.The Beat Generation
IMDB 4.9 | Jul , 1959
A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1979
After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the American dream met in New York City. Associated through mutual friendships, these cultural dissidents looked for new ways and means to express themselves. Soon their writings found an audience and the American media took notice, dubbing them the Beat Generation. Members of this group included writers Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg. a trinity that would ultimately influence the works of others during that era, including the "hippie" movement of the '60s. In this 55-minute video narrated by Allen Ginsberg, members of the Beat Generation (including the aforementioned Burroughs, Anne Waldman, Peter Orlovsky, Amiri Baraka, Diane Di Prima, and Timothy Leary) are reunited at Naropa University in Boulder, CO during the late 1970's to share their works and influence a new generation of young American bohemians.Witchcraft Through the Ages
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 1968
A seventy-six-minute version of Häxan, re-edited and re-released in the United States by Metro Pictures Corporation in 1968. It is narrated by author William S. Burroughs, with a jazz score and soundtrack featuring violinist Jean-Luc Ponty.Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 1985
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.Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2023
A new documentary, exploring the Chelsea Hotel's role in the cultural and artistic movements of the 20th century, from the Beat Generation to the Punk Rock scene. Delving into the history of the hotel, as a home and gathering place for some of the most influential artists and cultural icons of the past century, including Mark Twain, Arthur Miller, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Leonard Cohen, Madonna and a possible spirit or two. Including historical footage of some of the residents and regulars who made the glorious Chelsea Hotel so legendary.Living on the Edge: The Poetic Works of Gérald Leblanc
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2005
A child of the Beat Generation, Gérald Leblanc conjoined urban-ness and American-ness, wandering and belonging, far beyond the boundaries of taboo. In so doing, he helped propel Acadia into the modern era.Sunnyside
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2025
Ninety-year-old sound artist and comedian Henry “Sandy” Jacobs lives a quirky existence at the end of Sunnyside Drive, a steep and winding dirt road washed by fog from the Pacific Ocean. Sixty feet down the hill lives his eccentric 84-year-old friend and neighbor, architect and former Frank Lloyd Wright collaborator Daniel Liebermann. These extraordinary old men, influential artists in the 1950s and ’60s, continue, each in their own way, to search the world for perfection. Sunnyside takes us to an extraordinary place, a microcosm with its own distinctive rhythm and remarkable inhabitants. It is a film about creativity, the capacity to dream and, ultimately, the transience of life.Black Lodge
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2022
Set in a nightmarish Bardo, a place between death and rebirth, a tormented writer faces down demons of his own making. Forced to confront the darkest moment in his life, he mines fractured and repressed memories for a way out. A woman is at the center of all the writer’s afterlife encounters. She is the subject of his life’s greatest regret, and she materializes everywhere in this Otherworld. The writer cannot detach any thoughts of his life from her.