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What Happened to Kerouac?

Shout! Factory TV
Documentary · 1986 · 1 hr 37 minTV-14
Jack Kerouac was the father of the Beat Generation, author of On The Road and pivotal figure of the 1950s countercultural revolution. This portrait shows us what happened when fame and notoriety were thrust upon an essentially reticent man.

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 Fe

Director

Richard Lerner, Lewis MacAdams

Genres

Documentary
TV-14
This program contains material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.
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