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Heart Beat is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Byrum released in USA on 25 april 1980 with Nick Nolte
Heart Beat (1980)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 april 1980
Length 1h50
Directed by John Byrum
OriginUSA
Themes Films about writers
Rating57%
Heart Beat is a 1980 film written and directed by John Byrum, based on the autobiography by Carolyn Cassady. The film is about seminal figures in the Beat Generation. The character of Ira, played by Ray Sharkey, is based on Allen Ginsberg. The film stars Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek and John Heard.
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The film explores the love triangle of real-life characters Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac, and Carolyn Cassady in the late 1950s and the 1960s. It chronicles Jack Kerouac writing his seminal novel On the Road, and its effect on their lives.Actors
Nick Nolte
(Neal Cassady)
Sissy Spacek
(Carolyn Cassady)
John Heard
(Jack Kerouac)
Ray Sharkey
(Ira)
Ann Dusenberry
(Stevie)
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