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Pull My Daisy
“Is Holy Holy?”
★ 6.1· 1959· 26 min· Popularity 0
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Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respected bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's Bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.
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Release Date: 11/11/1959
Runtime: 26 minutes
Languages: English
Directors: Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie
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new york citypoetryblack and whiteimprovisationbeat generationbeat poetryshort film
