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Catalog Number

OR22012

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Primary Distributor (If not listed, select "OTHER")

Warner Home Video

Year of Release

Release Year

1981

Country

United States

Format Details

VHS | N/A | Book Box

Running Time

105 mins (NTSC)

Audio / Screen / CC

N/A | N/A | N/A

UPC / MSRP

N/A | N/A

Original Title / Year

Heart Beat (1980)

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Additional Information

They shocked us. They outraged us. They didn't do anything wrong. They just did it first.

John Byrum wrote and directed this loosely based biographical tale of Beat author Jack Kerouac and Neal and Carolyn Cassady. John Heard stars as Jack Kerouac, and the film chronicles the Beat lifestyle that shaped the literary and social forces brewing and overflowing in Kerouac's imagination, resulting in the publication of Kerouac's seminal novel On the Road. Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek play the Cassadys, enmeshed in a love-hate relationship that forms the backbone of the film. Kerouac drifts in and out of their lives as the Cassadys take up residence in San Francisco. Ray Sharkey is also on hand as the manic Ira, a thinly veiled character based on Alan Ginsberg.

Heart Beat is a 1980 film written and directed by John Byrum, based on the autobiography by Carolyn Cassady. The film is about seminal figures in the Beat Generation. The character of Ira, played by Ray Sharkey, is based on Allen Ginsberg.[1] The film stars Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek and John Heard.

Release Date: April 25, 1980

Distrib: Warner Brothers

Boxoffice: $954,046 2013: $2,894,100