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Beat

"Sex and Drugs before Rock and Roll"

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R 2000 · 1h 33m
Drama
Starring Kiefer Sutherland · Courtney Love · Ron Livingston
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The true story of two murders that shaped the lives of several college students who went on to become some of the most influential writers of the "Beat Generation."

Theatrical
Jan 29, 2000
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 15, 2002
Director
Gary Walkow
Producers
Celine Schultz, Andrew Pfeffer, Alain Silver
Studio
Martien Holdings A.V.V., Walking Pictures, Background Productions, Beat LLC, Millenium Pictures, Pendragon Film, Pfilmco
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Cast

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Kiefer Sutherland
William S. Burroughs
C
Courtney Love
Joan Vollmer Burroughs
R
Ron Livingston
Allen Ginsberg
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Norman Reedus
Lucien Carr
S
Sam Trammell
Lee
A
Alec Von Bargen
Heard
T
Tommy Perna
Dwight
D
Daniel Martínez
Jack Kerouac
K
Kyle Secor
Dave Kammerer
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Luisa Huertas
Maria (uncredited)
L
Lisa Sheridan
Sadie

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