Big Sur (2013) on Netflix
Jack Kerouac's sudden fame overwhelms him and his drinking deepens. He retreats to a cabin in Big Sur, then takes up with Billie, the mistress of his friend Neal Cassady.
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Plot summary
Jack Kerouac has just published On the Road, and the attention that follows is more than he can bear. His alcoholism has worsened. He looks for rest in the solitude of a cabin in Big Sur, California, the cabin of his friend Lawrence Ferlinghetti in Bixby Canyon. The wilderness gives him some relief. Loneliness brings him back to the city, where he drinks heavily again. He begins a relationship with Billie, the mistress of his old friend Neal Cassady.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Big Sur (2013)
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- Big Sur adapts the time Jack Kerouac spent in Big Sur, California and his three brief stays at his friend Lawrence Ferlinghetti's cabin in Bixby Canyon; Kerouac made those trips to recover from alcoholism and the pressures of his sudden success.
