Neal Cassady

This indie film poses the question: What happens to someone's life when they become famous through a fictionalized account? Noah Buschel's intelligent and unusual new biopic focuses on the life of Neal Cassady , one of the central figures of the Beat Generation. Chronicled by greats like Allen Ginsberg and Hunter S. Thompson, Cassady became an antihero for a new age. But, it was as Dean Moriarty, the lead character in Jack Kerouac's historic On the Road, that he was immortalized. Later in life Cassady hopes to settle into an ordinary family life, but the pressure from Beat fans to act like Moriarty haunts him. Shot gorgeously with a searing dreamy tone that mirrors the writing of the generation, " Neal Cassady " is the story of a man trying to live down his own legend. Before it kills him. An IFC release.
Year: 2007
Genre: Biography, Drama
Starring: Tate Donovan, Amy Ryan, Glenn Fitzgerald, Chris Bauer, Hanna Hall, Josh Hamilton, Brendan Sexton III, Liza Weil, Merritt Wever, Stephen Adly Guirgis
Director: Noah Buschel
Screenwriter: Noah Buschel
Genre: Biography, Drama
Starring: Tate Donovan, Amy Ryan, Glenn Fitzgerald, Chris Bauer, Hanna Hall, Josh Hamilton, Brendan Sexton III, Liza Weil, Merritt Wever, Stephen Adly Guirgis
Director: Noah Buschel
Screenwriter: Noah Buschel
More information: IMDB
