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24 September 1980 (France)
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A take on a subject strangely lacking in coverage
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(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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110 min
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Jack Kerouac's only child, Jan Kerouac, was an extra.
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I LOVE HER TOO
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Heart Beat (1980)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Terrible movie, and even worse casting. | nuitscliche |
| DVD release??? | neil57 |
| DVD now available directly from Warner's webpage! | simonhowson |
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Considering all the comment about the "beat generation" US literary movement of the 1950's and 60's, it seems there's not much film examination of it. The only book of Kerouac's to be filmed so far was the confusing "The Subterraneans" in 1960, not an obvious candidate. This 1980 film is the only biopic of which I'm aware that follows the Kerouac/Neal & Carolyn Cassady saga. It's spotty and doesn't communicate a great deal of what "beat" literature claimed to have accomplished (if indeed anything WAS accomplished), but Nolte was born to play the role of Neal C., which performance alone seals the value of this film. The Cassadys were muses that helped generate Kerouac's impetus to write, and the rest is history.