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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.
- Writer, Soundtrack
- February 8, 1926
- Neal Cassady
- February 4, 1968
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 ...
Mar 11, 2022 · Kerouac’s love for Neal Cassady gave him America—held-by-nothing, got-nothing America—as his subject, and gave him, too, the language in which to write about it.
Synopsis. 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.
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- John Byrum
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.
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- Drama
- John Byrum
- 1980-09-24
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,...
- Documentary
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Kerouac’s novel starred a heroic proto-beat named Dean Moriarty, based on the legendary underground figure Neal Cassady. And now in “Heart Beat” we get the story of Neal and Jack and Neal’s wife.
