A lively and revealing investigation into the personal history and creative process of Jack Kerouac, father of the Beat Generation, author of On the Road and pivotal figure of the fifties counter-cultural revolution. Includes interviews with Steve Allen and William Buckly. Features Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William Burroughs, Charlie parker, Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and more.
This documentary charts the rise and fall of Jack Kerouac: legendary author of On The Road poet drifter and heart and mind of the Beat Generation. Featuring rare interviews with his contemporaries Steve Allen Allen Ginsberg William Burroughs and Charlie Parker this programme explores the man behind the myth. His words touched the restless souls of the fifties which in turn led him down the path to his own destruction. Set to the jazz of Thelonius Monk with a special appearance b
Double bill of 1970s sex comedies. In 'The Cheerleaders' (1973), a group of high school cheerleaders decide to show their allegiance to their football team by wearing out the opposition. How? By sleeping with as many of them as they can the night before the game, of course. In 'Revenge of the Cheerleaders' (1976), the Aloha cheerleaders continue their struggle against Lincoln High, even resorting to spiking the food in the school cafeteria with Class A drugs on the day of the school inspection. A young David Hasselhoff puts in an appearance as the school stud, Boner.
In this atypically celebratory Holocaust portrait, extraordinary luck and coincidence guide a large family of Belgian Jewish diamond merchants and activists as they flee Europe in 1940. Their survival route takes them through France, Spain, and Portugal, and finally, to America. In a twist of fate, one of them is sent back to Europe to help liberate Dachau.
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