Pull My Daisy

Is Holy Holy?

195926mNo ratings yet

Drama
Comedy

Overview

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.

Keywords

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

Details

Status: Released
Release date: November 11, 1959
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Cast: Jack Kerouac,Denise Parker,Alice Neel,Gregory Corso,Peter Orlovsky,Pablo Frank,Sally Gross,Larry Rivers,Richard Bellamy,Allen Ginsbergand 2 more
Director: Alfred Leslie,Robert Frank
Writer: Jack Kerouac
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0052100