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Pull My Daisy (1959)

Pull My Daisy (1959)

Drama Comedy

Is Holy Holy?

Release Date: 1959, November 11
Directors: Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie
Cast: Gregory Corso, Richard Bellamy, Delphine Seyrig, Allen Ginsberg, Pablo Frank, Alice Neel, Peter Orlovsky, Larry Rivers, Sally Gross, Denise Parker

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.

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