Big Sur (film)

Big Sur
film poster
Directed byMichael Polish
Written byMichael Polish
Based onBig Sur
by Jack Kerouac
Produced byRoss Jacobson
Orian Williams
Adam Kassen
Michael Polish
Starring
CinematographyM. David Mullen
Edited byGeraud Brisson
Robert Frazen
Music byAaron and Bryce Dessner
Release dates
  • 23 January 2013 (2013-01-23) (Sundance)
  • 28 April 2013 (2013-04-28) (SFIFF)
Running time
73 minutes (Sundance)[1]
90 minutes (SFIFF)[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$35,072[3]

Big Sur is a 2013 adventure drama film written and directed by Michael Polish. It is an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by Jack Kerouac.

The story is based on the time Kerouac spent in Big Sur, California, and his three brief sojourns to his friend Lawrence Ferlinghetti's cabin in Bixby Canyon. These trips were taken by Kerouac in an attempt to recuperate from his mental and physical deterioration due to his alcoholism and the pressures of his sudden success.

The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival before receiving a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 1, 2013, and has received generally negative reviews.[4]

  1. ^ "Big Sur | | Archives | Sundance Institute". Filmguide.sundance.org. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  2. ^ Big Sur. "SFIFF56 - Films - Big Sur". Prod3.agileticketing.net. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  3. ^ "Big Sur (2013)". Box Office Mojo. 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  4. ^ "Big Sur". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2023-11-29.