Date: December 29th, 2009

Beat News You Can Use!


1). Howl - The Movie - Premiers at Sundance 1/21-1/29; also in SF 01/28/10
2). Burroughs Movie to Premier at Park City Utah, 1/22/10
3). Big Projects & Plans at The Beat Museum for 2010
4). End Of Year Business
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1). HOWL MOVIE PREMIERS IN SF 1/28/10
We've been hearing a lot about it for quite a while now. Executive Produced by Gus van Sant, Written & Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, the guys who did "The Times of Harvey Milk", animation by Eric Drooker who worked with Allen on "Illuminated Poems". And then there's the cast: James Franco as Ginsberg, Mary Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels, Treat Williams and Mad Men's Jon Hamm (Don Draper) as ACLU Lawyer Jake Erlich who was Ferlinghetti's primary Defense Attorney.

IMDB info:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049402/fullcredits#cast
Sundance Film Festival Info:
http://festival.sundance.org/2010/press_industry/releases/sundance_institute_announces_films_selected_as_part_of_inaugural_sundance_f/?src=slide
Sundance Theaters:
http://www.sundancecinemas.com/index.html
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2). NEW MOVIE: WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - A MAN WITHIN - Park City, UT - 01/22/10
There's a young fellow who has just made a low budget independent film about WSB that will be premiering at Park City, Utah the same week as the Howl Movie will be showing. I haven't seen this WSB movie, and I don't know the filmmaker, but I like the fact that he just went out and made this movie, apparently not knowing exactly how he was going to finance it or how he was going to make it all happen, but he just knew he needed to find a way to do it. I consider this young fellow a kindred spirit. He's a person who gets things done. In my opinion there are two kinds of people in the world - those who talk a good game and who have to wait until everything is absolutely perfect before they even try to make something happen and then there are those who simply go out and follow their dreams. This young guy needs $3,000 in the next three weeks to see this project through to completion. Maybe you can help him out.

Click here to see details:
http://www.burroughsthemovie.com/
Maybe you can toss this guy a few $$$ if you can to help him keep his dream alive:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/williamburroughs/william-s-burroughs-a-man-within-0
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3). BIG PROJECTS AND PLANS AT THE BEAT MUSEUM FOR 2010
The start of any New Year typically means new and different things for any organization. This January marks the start of our FIFTH year in San Francisco for The Beat Museum. And this year we'll be doing more than ever before!

- More and Additional Poetry Events
- Booksignings, Readings, Performances
- New and Additional Permanent Displays & Exhibits
- Special Temporary Exhibitions
- Facility Improvements and Upgrades
- School Tours and Academic Support

Send a note to all your Beat Generation friends and suggest they join The Beat Museum's mailing list at Kerouac.com so they too can follow us in 2010 as all the new great offerings unfold.

Friends can join our mailing list by clicking here:
http://www.kerouac.com/cgi-local/dada/mail.cgi
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4). END OF YEAR BUSINESS

THERE IS STILL TIME TO CLAIM A TAX DEDUCTION FOR 2009
Our 501c3 non-profit, The Foundation for Creative Expression, provides financial support for many of the programs, events and activities at The Beat Museum. Our tax exempt ID Number is 74-3198671. To read about the FFCE click here: http://ffce.org/

To make a tax deductible donation to the FFCE via PayPal, Visa/Mastercard or check, click here:
http://ffce.org/donate.html


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Have a safe and happy New Year's Eve and a WONDERFUL 2010!


Jerry Cimino