American Saint (2001)

A young actor attempts to become the hard-living leader of the Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac. After finding a casting call on the internet for a Milos Forman film about the great Beat writer, Miles Hottonian enlists the help of the last NYC checker cab driver, Charlie Grebbini, to drive him from New York to LA to experience life on the road in time for the audition, an adventure that will ultimately change their lives forever.