Pull My Daisy
Pull My Daisy
NR
6.0
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1959

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26m

Pull My Daisy

Summary

Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respected bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's Bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.

Director

Robert Frank

Director

Alfred Leslie

Writer

Jack Kerouac

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

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$0.00

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Keywords

new york city
poetry
black and white
improvisation
beat generation
beat poetry
short film