The Source

January. 23,1999

Rating：

7.2

Genre：

History Documentary

Keywords：

Biography Gay Theme Writer

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Johnny Depp as Jack Kerouac

Dennis Hopper as William S. Burroughs

John Turturro as Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg as Self

Philip Glass as Self

David Amram as Self

William S. Burroughs as Self

Ken Kesey as Self

Gary Snyder as Self

Jerry Garcia as Self

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