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Vincent Balestri. Actor: Beat Angel. Vincent Balestri is known for Beat Angel (2004), Cat's Play (2006) and In the Garden Growing (2004).
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Apr 5, 2004 · Beat Angel: Directed by Randy Allred. With Vincent Balestri, Frank Tabbita, Lisa Niemi, Amy Humphrey. The angelic spirit of writer Jack Kerouac returns to Earth to change the life of a writer.
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- Randy Allred
- 2004-04-05
Jan 1, 2004 · Vincent Balestri is genius as the spirit of Jack Kerouac, an irreverent bodhisattva come to awaken three lost souls from their slumber. Frank Tabbita's penetrating portrayal of the cynical writer, Gerard, is intensely riveting, as we watch him reluctantly emerge from his own self-imposed bitterness, to claim his truth on Desolation Peak.
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I first met Vince Balestri almost 20 years ago, when John Allen Cassady and I drove to Burbank, California, for the premiere of Beat Angel. We met many of the other people involved in that film—director Randy Allred, Bruce Boyle, Frank Tabbita and others.
Vincent Balestri is acclaimed all over the US and Canada for his award winning one-man play, “Kerouac: The Essence of Jack.” Filmed on location in Northwest Washington, Beat Angel carries a message from beyond that speaks to the artist in each of us.
This edited selection from "BEAT ANGEL - the Spirit of Kerouac" highlights Vincent Balestri as "Jack" and features Doug Phillips as Jack Kerouac. Among the c...
The acting is very solid: Frank Tabbita and Vincent Balestri give moving and heartfelt performances. Tabbita's character undergoes a painful transformation from a bitter jerk to a more empathetic person seeking enlightenment under the tutelage of Kerouac.
