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The Source

The Source

HistoryDocumentary
1999, Movie, 1h 28min
Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1997. Three actors provide dramatic interpretations of the work of these three writers, and the film chronicles their friendships, their arrival into American consciousness, their travels, frequent parodies, Kerouac's death, and Ginsberg's politicization. Their movement connects with bebop, John Cage's music, abstract expressionism, and living theater. In recent interviews, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kesey, Ferlinghetti, Mailer, Jerry Garcia, Tom Hayden, Gary Snyder, Ed Sanders, and others measure the Beats' meaning and impact.
Country: United States
Director:
Chuck Workman
Cast:
Dennis Hopper,
John Turturro,
Johnny Depp,
Philip Glass
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Chuck Workman
Director
Dennis Hopper
As William S. Burroughs
John Turturro
As Allen Ginsberg
Johnny Depp
As Jack Kerouac
Philip Glass
As Self
Allen Ginsberg
As Self (archive footage)
William S. Burroughs
As Self (archive footage)
Timothy Leary
As Self

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