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Gary Walkow (writer)
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Sex and Drugs before Rock and Roll
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The story of writer William Seward Burroughs and his wife. | add synopsis
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Don't follow this 'Beat!' more (30 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Courtney Love | ... | Joan Vollmer Burroughs |
 | Kiefer Sutherland | ... | William S. Burroughs |
 | Lisa Sheridan | ... | Sadie |
| Patricia Llaca | ... | Mary (as Patricia De Llaca) |
| Steve Hedden | ... | Pharmacist |
 | Ron Livingston | ... | Allen Ginsberg |
 | Norman Reedus | ... | Lucien Carr |
| Daniel Martínez | ... | Jack Kerouac |
| Kyle Secor | ... | Dave Kammerer |
| Pedro Gonzalez | ... | Knife Sharpener |
| Georgiana Sîrbu | ... | Julie |
| Rene Rubio | ... | Bill Jr. |
 | Sam Trammell | ... | Lee |
| Alec Von Bargen | ... | Heard |
 | Tommy Perna | ... | Dwight |
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Rated R for language and elements of sex, drugs and violence.
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93 min
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Lucien Carr:
They'll probably give me the chair for this, huh?
William S. Burroughs:
Don't be absurd. They don't fry freshman literature students.
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'Beat' is nothing but an unbearably slow-paced feature whose sole purpose is to cause instant sleepiness. The film starts off with unhelpful, brief prologue of how aspiring writer Lucien Carr (Norman Reedus) brought five people together, including William Burroughs (Kiefer Sutherland) and Allen Ginsburg (Ron Livingston). Their literary clique is broken up by a colleague's murder and Burroughs leaving NYC for Mexico. Seven years later, Lucien and Allen visit Mexico City, where they discovered William left his wife Joan (Courtney Love) and their children for a rendezvous in Guatemala with his young male lover.
Lucien figures Joan needs to leave her bored existence in the slum. Thus, the trio embark on a road trip to a volcano-ravaged village. Soon, sparks erupt between Joan and Lucien. The trip ends and Joan must decide if she wants to stay with William in Mexico or return to New York City with her friends. 'Beat' is boring and tiresome. From the performances, it seems that the cast certainly agrees. The blame is solely on the lame script by director Gary Walkow. This could have been a better film if Walkow knew the heck he was writing. (0/4)