Story Line
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.
Top Cast
Peter Coyote
Narrator
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Rating
6.5/ 10
Release Date
1985-09-06
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Documentary
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User Reviews (2)
pancine
7/10
•2/10/2019Good documentary could have benefited from more interviews and and poetry readings, which are out there. "The Dharma Bums" barely gets mentioned. Still, an informative look at a groundbreaking figure and literary giant.
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8/10
•9/27/2023The King of the Beats gets a rather standard documentary treatment, complete with badly done reenactments, but it is hard to screw up such a strong subject. Filmed in the early 1980's, all the Beat writers and various hangers-on are trotted out to t...