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24 September 1980 (France) morePlot Keywords:
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Near-brilliant production design and art direction; the rest is middling... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nick Nolte | ... | Neal Cassady |
 | Sissy Spacek | ... | Carolyn Cassady |
 | John Heard | ... | Jack Kerouac |
 | Ray Sharkey | ... | Ira |
| Ann Dusenberry | ... | Stevie |
| Margaret Fairchild | ... | Mrs. Kerouac |
| Tony Bill | ... | Dick |
| Mary Margaret Amato | ... | Waitress |
| Kent Williams | ... | Ogden |
| Susan Niven | ... | Ogden's Secretary |
| Marcia Nasatir | ... | First Receptionist |
| Mickey Kelly | ... | Second Receptionist |
| Luis Contreras | ... | Mexican Junkie |
| Sharon Lee | ... | Blonde in Car |
| Stephen Davies | ... | Bob Bendix |
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Rockwell Defense Plant - Bellflower & Imperial Highway, Downey, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING moreFAQ
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Fictionalized account of the friendship between writers Nick Cassady and Jack Kerouac, members of the so-called Beat Generation of the late 1950s. Writer-director John Byrum takes a sketchy, connect-the-dots approach to these famous people, and his opaque screenplay, adapted from Carolyn Cassady's memoirs, leaves the actors (Nick Nolte as Cassady, John Heard as Kerouac, Sissy Spacek as Carolyn) often looking as if they haven't been clued-in. There are moments when the cast and the well-realized surroundings warrant far more interest than the story or the dialogue, and that's a weak obstacle in a film about writers. The film is also extremely somber, with only bits and pieces of quirky humor (thanks to a supporting turn by Ray Sharkey) to elevate the depressive air of self-conceit. Visually impressive production, solid work from the men, but Spacek's role is underwritten. ** from ****