Film

Pull My Daisy (1959)

• 11. november 1959
• 26 min

• Comedy
• Drama

Oversikt

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.

Regissører

Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie

Manusforfattere

Jack Kerouac

I hovedrollene

Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso