Universal Pictures Content Group has boarded “The Beat of a Nation: Kerouac’s Road,” a feature documentary directed by Ebs Burnough (“The Capote Tapes”) about Jack Kerouac’s seminal novel “On the Road.”
Produced by London-based banner Ventureland, the documentary starts filming this week and sees Burnough using the prism of “On the Road” to depict the turmoils of today’s political and cultural landscape in the U.S.
Burnough is the former White House deputy social secretary and senior advisor to First Lady Michelle Obama. He made his directorial debut with the documentary “The Capote Tapes,” which world premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and explores the impact of Truman Capote’s explosive unfinished novel “Answered Prayers.”
“The Beat of a Nation: Kerouac’s Road” is produced by John Battsek and Eliza Hindmarch of Ventureland, in collaboration with the Kerouac Estate, for which Jim Sampas will executive produce.
The...
Produced by London-based banner Ventureland, the documentary starts filming this week and sees Burnough using the prism of “On the Road” to depict the turmoils of today’s political and cultural landscape in the U.S.
Burnough is the former White House deputy social secretary and senior advisor to First Lady Michelle Obama. He made his directorial debut with the documentary “The Capote Tapes,” which world premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and explores the impact of Truman Capote’s explosive unfinished novel “Answered Prayers.”
“The Beat of a Nation: Kerouac’s Road” is produced by John Battsek and Eliza Hindmarch of Ventureland, in collaboration with the Kerouac Estate, for which Jim Sampas will executive produce.
The...
- 10/9/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Michael Imperioli is adding his voice to another project.
The Sopranos star, who narrates feature prequel The Many Saints of Newark and co-hosts his own Talking Sopranos podcast, is to host and exec produce Kerouac and Me.
The audio project, first revealed by Deadline in August, comes from authors and podcast hots Dave Wedge and Casey Sherman, who struck a deal with The Jack Kerouac Estate.
Kerouac and Me, which is based on the writings of the beat icon, will see stars of music, film, television, literature, politics, sports and business share in-depth stories of how the writer inspired their work. It will also feature newly unearthed, never-before-heard audio recordings of Kerouac at the height of his creative powers.
“Jack Kerouac changed my life,” said Imperioli, who will lead interviews and tell his own stories of how the novelist helped him.
Kerouac and Me was created by New York...
The Sopranos star, who narrates feature prequel The Many Saints of Newark and co-hosts his own Talking Sopranos podcast, is to host and exec produce Kerouac and Me.
The audio project, first revealed by Deadline in August, comes from authors and podcast hots Dave Wedge and Casey Sherman, who struck a deal with The Jack Kerouac Estate.
Kerouac and Me, which is based on the writings of the beat icon, will see stars of music, film, television, literature, politics, sports and business share in-depth stories of how the writer inspired their work. It will also feature newly unearthed, never-before-heard audio recordings of Kerouac at the height of his creative powers.
“Jack Kerouac changed my life,” said Imperioli, who will lead interviews and tell his own stories of how the novelist helped him.
Kerouac and Me was created by New York...
- 10/12/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack Kerouac Podcast In The Works From Dave Wedge & Casey Sherman After Deal With Beat Icon’s Estate
Exclusive: “I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion,” wrote Jack Kerouac in his classic On The Road.
Now, however, it seems that the iconic beat writer can offer the world a series of podcasts.
The Jack Kerouac Estate has partnered with authors and podcast hosts Dave Wedge and Casey Sherman to produce a new podcast series based on his writings.
They will launch a three season show, each season consisting of ten episodes, based on Kerouac’s Belief and Technique of Modern Prose, which was his musings on the creative process as requested by Allen Ginsberg.
The team are currently is building out the show and are planning episodes with a wide variety of A-list musicians, writers, actors and others who have been influenced by Kerouac’s writings.
The untitled series will be produced by Wedge and Sherman’s Fort Point Media and Sal Paradise Media, the...
Now, however, it seems that the iconic beat writer can offer the world a series of podcasts.
The Jack Kerouac Estate has partnered with authors and podcast hosts Dave Wedge and Casey Sherman to produce a new podcast series based on his writings.
They will launch a three season show, each season consisting of ten episodes, based on Kerouac’s Belief and Technique of Modern Prose, which was his musings on the creative process as requested by Allen Ginsberg.
The team are currently is building out the show and are planning episodes with a wide variety of A-list musicians, writers, actors and others who have been influenced by Kerouac’s writings.
The untitled series will be produced by Wedge and Sherman’s Fort Point Media and Sal Paradise Media, the...
- 8/9/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
New York (AP) — A new project aims to introduce Bob Dylan's music to young people by having buzz-worthy indie artists cover one of his best-known albums in a digital-only format. "Subterranean Homesick Blues: A Tribute to Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home'" goes on sale at iTunes on Tuesday and features artists like J. Tillman of Fleet Foxes; the Morning Blenders; Peter Moren of Peter, Bjorn and John; and Mirah tackling songs from Dylan's 1965 "going electric" album. Its producer is Jim Sampas, who has done similar tributes to Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" album and the Beatles' "Rubber Soul." Dylan's...
- 10/4/2010
- by David Bauder (AP)
- Hitfix
Music: Review:Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard: One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur
Curt Worden’s documentary One Fast Move Or I’m Gone examines the period of Jack Kerouac’s life when he retreated from the public eye and tried to quit drinking—a period he wrote about in his 1962 novel Big Sur. For the movie’s soundtrack, Kerouac’s nephew Jim Sampas asked rootsy singer-songwriter Jay Farrar to take the author’s own words and compose some songs around them, to be sung by an assortment of guest vocalists. But the initial pairing of Farrar with dreamy-voiced Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard proved so fruitful that the two ...
- 10/20/2009
- avclub.com
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