Big Sur (film)
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Big Sur is a 2013 adventure drama film written and directed by Michael Polish. It is an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by Jack Kerouac.
Big Sur | |
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Directed by | Michael Polish |
Written by | Michael Polish |
Based on | Big Sur by Jack Kerouac |
Produced by | Ross Jacobson Orian Williams Adam Kassen Michael Polish |
Starring | |
Cinematography | M. David Mullen |
Edited by | Geraud Brisson Robert Frazen |
Music by | Aaron and Bryce Dessner |
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Running time | 73 minutes (Sundance)[1] 90 minutes (SFIFF)[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $35,072[3] |
The story is based on the time Kerouac spent in Big Sur, California, and his three brief sojourns to his friend Lawrence Ferlinghetti's cabin in Bixby Canyon. These trips were taken by Kerouac in an attempt to recuperate from his mental and physical deterioration due to his alcoholism and the pressures of his sudden success.
The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival before receiving a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 1, 2013, and has received generally negative reviews.[4]