One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur - TRAILER

He was called the vibrant new voice of his generation -- the avatar of the Beat movement. In 1957, on the heels of the triumphant debut of his groundbreaking novel, On The Road, Jack Kerouac was a literary rock star, lionized by his fans and devotees. But along with sudden fame and media hype came his unraveling, and, by 1960, Kerouac was a jaded cynic, disaffected from the Beat culture he helped create and tortured by self-doubt, addiction and depression.

He secretly retreats to Lawrence Ferlinghetti's rustic cabin in the Big Sur woods. But his plan is foiled by his own inner demons, and what ensues that summer becomes the basis for Kerouac's gritty, yet lyrically told, semi-autobiographical novel, Big Sur.

The story unfolds through the narrative arc of Kerouac's prose, told in voice-over by actor and Kerouac interpreter, John Ventimiglia (of HBO's The Sopranos); through first-hand accounts and recollections of Kerouac's contemporaries, whom many of the characters in the book are based on such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Carolyn Cassady and Michael McClure; by the interpretations and reflections of writers, poets, actors and musicians who have been deeply influenced by Kerouac's unique gifts like Tom Waits, Sam Shepard, Patti Smith, Aram Saroyan and Donal Logue.

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[jp maq]

anybody know where i can watch this the whole movie? kerouac is my hero him and johnny cash

[tornebrookmafia]

LUV the book - and Desolation Angels, another one people rarely about. looking forward to this!! I trekked across the country with Dharma Bums and On The Road in my backpack!!

[James Shearon]

"On soft Spring nights I'll stand in the yard under the stars - Something good will come out of all things yet - And it will be golden and eternal just like that - There's no need to say another word." -Kerouac

I want my last days to be at big sur, CA, writing my last novel.

[WillDrache]

pick up good blonde and others. you get essays and opinions direct from Kerouac and not one of aliases

[CatchMeInThe Rye]

Big Sur is one of the most heartbreaking books i have ever read, it broke my heart completely.

[itsjustskinsteven stevens]

Poor Jack

[Les Toil]

I'm gonna have to read it again. I appreciated "Catcher in the rye" MUCH more the second time around.

[hegemoniuspiper]

r u joking? lol u still have road to go, Big Sur is the climax of his mind hoboing, one of the most frank and sincere of his works, mocking himself

[Les Toil]

Wow, I was greatly disappointed with the book "Big Sur". I had already read "Road" and "Dharma Bums" years earlier and LOVED them both. But "Big Sur" was a Big Sleep. Can anyone recollect even one memorable chapter in that book? It was certainly well written, just... Not a fuckin' thing happening. And maybe that was the point.

[Abdul Mahal]

quite contradicting isnt it? I mean Cash and Kerouac, come on....

[LookingOutForever]

Check on Amazon One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Music from Kerouac's Big Sur (Deluxe CD/DVD)

Soundtrack's also amazing!

[OnTheRoadTheMovieFR]

That seems to be a brilliant documentary.