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Sep 26, 2024 · Heartbeat is based on the autobiographical novel by Carolyn Cassady, the wife of Neal Cassady, a key figure in the Beat movement and a friend of both Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. The film stars Nick Nolte as Neal and Sissy Spacek as Carolyn.
In 1958, Cassady was arrested for selling marijuana to an undercover narcotics agent in a San Francisco night club and sentenced to 10 years in San Quentin Prison.
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- February 8, 1926
- Neal Cassady
- February 4, 1968
Directed by John Byrum. They shocked us. They outraged us. They didn’t do anything wrong. They just did it first. An exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and Cassady’s wife, Carolyn. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
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Neal Leon Cassady (February 8, 1926 – February 4, 1968) was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s. Cassady published only two short fragments of prose in his lifetime, but exerted considerable intellectual and stylistic influence through his conversation and ...
Jul 11, 2020 · The film ends years later, with Neal Cassady, having spent a few years in prison for cannabis possession, joining a busload of travelling hippie artists, led by writer Ken Kesey, famously dubbed the Merry Pranksters, Cassady serving as their Beat-era mascot.
The film features extensive interviews with friends and fellow writers, including the widow of Neal Cassady, who feels that her husband's attempts to live up to the legend of Dean Moriarty,...
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Heart Beat: Directed by John Byrum. With Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard, Ray Sharkey. The life and friendship among the icons of the Beat Generation: Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, and Jack Kerouac.
