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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.

Date: 01/23/1999
Rating: 5.1
Cast: Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, John Turturro, Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass, Robert Creeley, Ann Charters, George Steade, David Amram, William S. Burroughs, Ed Sanders, Gregory Corso, Kyle Roderick, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ken Kesey, Gary Snyder, Jerry Garcia, Jack Micheline, Michael McClure, Stephen Ronan, Philip Whalen, Terry Southern, Timothy Leary, Paul Krassner, Diane Di Prima, Tom Hayden, David Dellinger, John Sampas

Johnny Depp as Jack Kerouac in The Source Johnny Depp

Dennis Hopper as William S. Burroughs in The Source Dennis Hopper

John Turturro as Allen Ginsberg in The Source John Turturro

Allen Ginsberg as Self in The Source Allen Ginsberg

Philip Glass as Self in The Source Philip Glass

Robert Creeley

Ann Charters

George Steade

David Amram as Self in The Source David Amram

William S. Burroughs as Self in The Source William S. Burroughs

Ed Sanders

Gregory Corso

Kyle Roderick

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Ken Kesey as Self in The Source Ken Kesey

Gary Snyder as Self in The Source Gary Snyder

Jerry Garcia as Self in The Source Jerry Garcia

Jack Micheline

Michael McClure

Stephen Ronan

Philip Whalen

Terry Southern as Self in The Source Terry Southern

Timothy Leary as Self in The Source Timothy Leary

Paul Krassner as Self in The Source Paul Krassner

Diane Di Prima

Tom Hayden as Self in The Source Tom Hayden

David Dellinger as Self in The Source David Dellinger

John Sampas

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