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Beat

Sex and Drugs before Rock and Roll
Jan 29, 2000 · 1h 33m
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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."

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CAST

Kiefer Sutherland
William S. Burroughs
Courtney Love
Joan Vollmer Burroughs
Ron Livingston
Allen Ginsberg
Norman Reedus
Lucien Carr
Sam Trammell
Lee
Alec Von Bargen
Heard
Tommy Perna
Dwight
Daniel Martínez
Jack Kerouac
Directed by Gary Walkow

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Martien Holdings A.V.V., Walking Pictures, Background Productions, Beat LLC, Millenium Pictures, Pendragon Film, Pfilmco
Country
US
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