Beat Angel - the Spirit of Kerouac
by Randy Allred
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Actor: Vincent Balestri; Frank Tabbita; Lisa Niemi; Amy HumphreyDirector: Randy Allred
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Unknown); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 134 minutes
Published: 2006-10-22
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-24
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: BA-DVD101
Studio: Beat Angel Productions, LLC
Product features:
- Running time 99 minutes (not including Video Extras)
- Subtitles in French, Spanish, Italian & English
- Video extra: Vincent Balestri performing his play, "Kerouac: The Essence of Jack" (19 minutes)
- Writers Commentary audio track / 12 Chapters / Deleted Scenes
- ALL REGIONS
Movie Reviews of Beat Angel - the Spirit of Kerouac
Movie Review: Free your soul & create!
Summary: 5 Stars
This IS Jack Kerouac, in all his contradictory, sweet glory -- the recording angel of the American soul, observing & writing it all down in words that dance, sob, sanctify & exult, both the darkness & the light -- forever wandering, forever home, forever searching, forever curious & heartbroken & joyful.
Yes, it's rough around the edges -- but that actually suits the story of Jack's spirit returning to life for one day, to inspire three lost creative souls to return to their writing & painting. While everyone is superb, let me single out Ann Humphrey as the young, insecure, aspiring writer who just needs a supportive nudge in the right direction -- she radiates vulnerability & idealism. But Frank Tabbita as a cynical, disillusioned writer, and Lisa Niemi as the bartender who gave up her dream of painting but never lost her love for it, are just as outstanding.
Still, it's Vincent Balestri's incarnation of Jack Kerouac that's the heart of this beautiful, powerful, and often very funny film. Within a couple of minutes, you'll forget that you're watching a performance & swear that Jack is alive on the screen, spitting holy fire & profane honey, reminding all of us that what we've buried within our own hearts is worthwhile & needs to be expressed. This is genuine inspiration: pure & honest & unflinchingly naïve, but never maudlin or mawkish.
For all those who've let go of their dreams & desperately hunger to find them again, most highly recommended!
Summary of Beat Angel - the Spirit of Kerouac
On the 30th anniversary of his own death, the angelic spirit of Jack Kerouac--legendary author of "On the Road"--returns to Earth in the abandoned body of a street bum and transforms the lives of three people. This award-winning film features subtitles in French, Spanish and Italian, playable ALL REGIONS. Includes scenes filmed on Desolation Peak, the Cascade Mountains fire lookout Kerouac wrote about in his novels, "The Dharma Bums" and "Desolation Angels." Starring Vincent Balestri, renowned for his long-running one-man stage play, "Kerouac: The Essence of Jack."Similar DVD Movies
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