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Heart Beat. Orion Pictures Company, 1980.

Based on Carolyn Cassady's memoir, the movie disappoints most Kerouac readers. However, it is considered notable as the first major film about the Beat movement.

Kerouac . Active Home Video, 1985.

This fine documentary explores Kerouac's life and work through interviews with friends and fellow writers, dramatizations drawn from his life and writings, and documentary footage — including the Steve Allen television show appearance where Kerouac read segments of On the Road.

The Kerouac Connection 3 . Gunther's Tap Room, Northport, New York. August 13, 1997.

Each year, with a nudge from poet B.J. Cassidy, local poets and musicians pay homage to Kerouac at Gunther's Tap Room in Northport, New York. Video documentation of the third annual celebration captures the ever-present spirit of Kerouac in Northport.

The New York Beat Generation Show . Vol. 1. Thin Air Video, 1994.

In the spring of 1994, New York University hosted a now legendary three-day conference on the Beat legacy. This video, featuring Kerouac scholar Ann Charters and poet Allen Ginsberg, traces the origins of the movement as it was presented at the conference.

Pull My Daisy . G-String Productions, Inc., 1999.

Based loosely on his unpublished play, The Beat Generation , Jack Kerouac supplied the narration for this film by artist Robert Frank. Kerouac created the narration without a script, while viewing the film in an editing studio. The cast includes Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso.

The Source . Beat Productions, Inc., 1999.

Award-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman's fast-paced montage documentary takes on the Beat Generation. Through film and television clips, interviews with surviving Beat writers and contemporaries, and evocative readings of Beat literature (Johnny Depp reads Kerouac), the Beat period and the counterculture movements it influenced come to life.

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