Worst promoted and distributed movie of all time?
Film version of a classic American novel is finally brought to the screen. A novel of such monumental cultural importance that its influence has spanned generations not only in America but worldwide. A novel about youth and freedom but also about universal freedom no matter what your age. A cult-hip novel that constitutes its own cottage industry from bohos, beats, hippies, yippies, punks, alternative types and artists, intellectuals and literary types of all persuasions. A novel that is taught in American high schools no less.
Included and on top of all this is the fact that the movie is released to get awards during award season, and stars upcoming and established talent with credentials so as to garner a built-in audience and fan base (Stewart, Hedlund,Adams,Riley,Dunst,Mortensen,Howard).
Yet, it is released in only a select group of cities to a limited amount of people. No awards, no exposure, no buzz, no money, no acclaim and MOST IMPORTANTLY no chance for the uninitiated to experience a new way of thinking, feeling and very being an individual with freedom,life,love and passion/wanderlust to "burn, burn, burn" and open oneself to glories of art, literature, music and human experience let alone true CINEMA.