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What Happened to Kerouac? (1986)
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96 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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What Happened to Kerouac? (1986)

Not Rated

96 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Documentary explore the unfulfilled promise of Beat Generation icon Jack Kerouac, covering the period from the publication of his notorious novel On the Road in 1957 to his alcohol-related death 12 years later.

Directors

Richard Lerner | Lewis MacAdams

Writer

Jack Kerouac (works "On the Road", "Visions of Cody", "Desolation Angels", "Mexico City Blues" and "Dr. Sax and others")

Producer

Richard Lerner

Cinematographer

Richard Lerner

Editors

Nathaniel Dorsky | Robert Estrin

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Updated Apr 16, 1986

Release date

Apr 16, 1986 (United States)

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27 cast members

Name	Known for
Gregory Corso Self Self See fewer	The Godfather Part III (1990)
Jan Kerouac Self Self See fewer	West Coast Beat and Beyond (1984)
Herbert Huncke Self Self See fewer	Huncke (1990)
Fran Landesman Self Self See fewer	Take a Letter Mr. Jones (1981)
William F. Buckley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
Ed Sanders Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Charlie Says (2018)
Allen Ginsberg Self Self See fewer	Beginners (2010)
Edie Kerouac Parker Self Self See fewer	Kerouac, the Movie (1984)
William S. Burroughs Self (as William Burroughs) Self (as William Burroughs) See fewer	Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Michael McClure Self Self See fewer	Three Kings (1999)
John Clellon Holmes Self Self See fewer	Kerouac, the Movie (1984)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Self Self See fewer	Camera Three (1954)
Ann Charters Self Self See fewer	Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993)
Gary Snyder Self Self See fewer	Poetry in Motion (1982)
Neal Cassady Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
Carolyn Cassady Self Self See fewer	The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
Ed White Self Self See fewer	What Happened to Kerouac? (1986)
Diane Di Prima Self Self See fewer	WMAC Masters (1995)
Armand Morissette Self (as Father 'Spike' Morissette) Self (as Father 'Spike' Morissette) See fewer	Kerouac, the Movie (1984)
Steve Allen Self Self See fewer	The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
Joyce Johnson Self Self See fewer	Kerouac, the Movie (1984)
Robert Creeley Self Self See fewer	Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (2007)
Lewis Yablonsky Self Self See fewer	The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Dizzy Gillespie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Jack Kerouac Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	On the Road (2012)
Lewis MacAdams Self - Interviewer (voice) Self - Interviewer (voice) See fewer	Arena (1975)
Charlie Parker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Seven (1995)