Pull My Daisy
MovieTitle | Pull My Daisy |
User score | 6 |
Release date | Nov 11, 1959 |
Genre | Comedy, Drama |
Director | Robert Frank , Alfred Leslie |
Production country | US |
Run time | 26 min. |
Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respected bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's Bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.