Product Description

Based on the groundbreaking autobiographical writings of early "Beat Generation" writer Neal Cassady, this acclaimed independent drama stars Thomas Jane as the young Cassady, living in post-WWII Denver and looking for a direction in life, when he falls under the influence of pool hall mentor Keanu Reeves. With Claire Forlani, Marg Helgenberger. 94 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish, French.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39988 in DVD
• Brand: Universal
• Released on: 2005-09-13
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: French, Spanish
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 92 minutes

Amazon.com
Thomas Jane stars as Beat writer and Jack Kerouac-crony Neal Cassady, in a promising film that quickly flops. Based on a letter Cassady wrote to Kerouac, the highly stylized film by Stephen Kay pretty much follows the former around as he does not much of anything at all. Keanu Reeves is incomprehensible as a friend of Cassady, and Kay's jazzy, angular, colliding style does nothing to illuminate the Beat icon's all-important internal life. If you're new to the whole Kerouac-Cassady-Beat world, this is not a good first stop; slightly better is John Byrum's 1980 Heart Beat, which at least introduces some of the principal figures. --Tom Keogh