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The Beatnicks is an independent film film starring Norman Reedus, Mark Boone Jr., Elodie Bouchez & co starring Eric Roberts, Patrick Bauchau & Jon Gries.

Set in Los Angeles, Norman Reedus and Mark Boone Jr. play a poet and a musician known as The Beatnicks in search of a gig. They find a magic box on the beach, that when opened, creates amazing music that hypnotizes anyone who hears it. The Beatnicks use the box to get booked for a show, but their abuse of the box's powers has unforeseen consequences. The poet falls in love and the musician meets a guru. Ultimately, they must both learn the lesson of "no suffering, no understanding". As the film concludes,The Nicks reach a deeper understanding of themselves and the box earns them a gig of a lifetime.

With a similar path to distribution as another film the star Norman Reedus was in titled "The Boondock Saints," "The Beatnicks" was not made available for US DVD rental and retail distribution many years after it was made. Garen Topalian, the film's Producer/Executive Producer began a social media network campaign that resulted in enough demand to merit self distribution. The film then became available for DVD rental in the US via Netflix in January of 2010.