Film

Pull My Daisy (1959)

• 11. November 1959
• 26 Min.

• Komödie
• Drama

Übersicht

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.

Regisseure

Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie

Drehbuchautoren

Jack Kerouac

Besetzung

Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso