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Heart Beat
Directed by
John Byrum
R
1980
1h 50m
Drama
5.7
20%
36%
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The life and friendship among the icons of the Beat Generation: Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, and Jack Kerouac.
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Cast of Heart Beat
Nick Nolte
Neal Cassady
Sissy Spacek
Carolyn Cassady
John Heard
Jack Kerouac
Ray Sharkey
Ira (based on Allen Ginsberg)
Ann Dusenberry
Stevie
Margaret Fairchild
Mrs. Kerouac
Tony Bill
Dick
Mary Margaret Amato
Waitress
Kent Williams
Ogden
Susan Niven
Ogden's Secretary
Marcia Nasatir
First Receptionist
Mickey Kelly
Second Receptionist
Luis Contreras
Mexican Junkie
Sharon Lee
Blonde in Car
Stephen Davies
Bob Bendix
Jenny O'Hara
Betty Bendix
Don Brodie
Dispatcher
John Larroquette
TV Talk Show Host
Terence H. Winkless
Youth in Bar
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
David Lynch
Painter (uncredited)
Mickey Kelly
Second Receptionist
Raymond Vitte
Undercover Agent
John Byrum
Director / Writer
Michael H. Shamberg
Producer
Alan Greisman
Producer
David A. Axelrod
Producer
Edward R. Pressman
Producer
Heart Beat Ratings & Reviews
Sojourner
Kathy Huffhines
The part gives Spacek little to do and her "acting" is a series of poses in 50's dresses and hairdos.
Boston Globe
Bruce McCabe
Heart Beat, which is supposedly about Jack Kerouac and his friends in the Beat Generation, is Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice without Alice and without humor.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The analysis of the beats comes across as superficial.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The characters are wonderfully well played by Nick Nolte Sissy Spacek and John Heard -- they have scenes together in which the round-robin of everyday dialogue is almost poetic -- but nobody has given their characters anything to do except to be.
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