On the Road to Desolation

David Stewart

1997•50 min.•

Andrew O'Hagan looks at a critical point in the life of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. In 1956 he spent spent 63 soul-searching days as a fire-watcher on Washington state's Desolation Peak. After this stint he was never the same creative force again.

Documentary
History

Cast

JS
John Suiter
Self
MF
Maxine Franklin
Self
TC
Tom Clark
Self
JJ
Joyce Johnson
Self
LF
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Self
RG
Robert Giroux
Self
JS
John Sampas
Self
AM
Adele Mailer
Self
AD
Ann Douglas
Self
Carolyn Cassady
Self
Jack Kerouac
Self (archive footage)
Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
Steve Allen
Self

Crew

DS
David Stewart
Directing
AO
Andrew O'Hagan
Writing
JP
Jeremy Pollard
Crew
AM
Andrea Miller
Production
SAB
Susan A. Banks
Production
WM
Warren Meneely
Editing
SB
Sarah Brown
Production
SM
Susan McIntosh
Production
SO
Sean O'Neil
Sound
PR
Phil Read
Crew
LP
Laura Pierce
Production
FB
Frances Berwick
Production
BD
Barry Dixon
Production
AO
Andrew O'Hagan
Crew