"Life is what happens when you're busy making plans."
Neal Cassady is living the beat life during the 1940s, working at The Tire Yard and philandering around town. However, he has visions of a happy life with kids and a white picket fence. When his girlfried, Joan, tries to kill herself he gets scared and runs away. But when Joan reappears will he take the chance at that happiness, or will he turn his back on it?
Thomas Jane
Neal Cassady
Keanu Reeves
Harry
Adrien Brody
Ben
John Doe
Lewis
Claire Forlani
Joan
Jim Haynie
Jerry
Marg Helgenberger
Lizzy
Lucinda Jenney
Rosie Trickle
Gretchen Mol
Mary Greenway
Neal Cassady is living the beat life during the 1940s, working at The Tire Yard and philandering around town. However, he has visions of a happy life with kids and a white picket fence. When his girlfried, Joan, tries to kill herself he gets scared and runs away. But when Joan reappears will he take the chance at that happiness, or will he turn his back on it?
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