---
title: 'Beat (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gary Walkow'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beat-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211941/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Beat (2000)

2000 · 93 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Beat is a 2000 American biographical drama film written and directed by Gary Walkow, and starring Courtney Love, Kiefer Sutherland, Norman Reedus, and Ron Livingston. The film focuses primarily on the last several weeks of writer Joan Vollmer's life in 1951 Mexico City, leading up to her murder by her husband, the writer William S. Burroughs.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gary Walkow](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-walkow)
- **Screenplay:** [Gary Walkow](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-walkow)
- **Producer:** [Alain Silver](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-silver)

## Cast

- [Courtney Love](https://cinepixo.com/people/courtney-love)
- [Ron Livingston](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-livingston)
- [Norman Reedus](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-reedus)
- [Kyle Secor](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyle-secor)
- [Lisa Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-sheridan)
- [Kiefer Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiefer-sutherland)
- [Luis Felipe Tovar](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-felipe-tovar)
- [Sam Trammell](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-trammell)

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