The Source (1999)
Documentary • History • 1ч 28м
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.
TMDB rating:
5.4
(14)
Cast
Johnny Depp
Jack Kerouac
Dennis Hopper
William S. Burroughs
John Turturro
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
William S. Burroughs
Self (archive footage)
Philip Glass
Self
No photo
Robert Creeley
Self
No photo
Ann Charters
Self
No photo
George Steade
Self
David Amram
Self
No photo
Ed Sanders
Self
No photo
Gregory Corso
Self
No photo
Kyle Roderick
Self
No photo
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Self
Ken Kesey
Self
Gary Snyder
Self
Jerry Garcia
Self
No photo
Jack Micheline
Self
No photo
Michael McClure
Self
No photo
Stephen Ronan
Self
No photo
Philip Whalen
Self
Terry Southern
Self
Timothy Leary
Self
Paul Krassner
Self
Crew
Mark Apostolon
Associate Producer
James Cady
Associate Producer
David Amram
Sound
Philip Glass
Sound
Chuck Workman
Writers' Production
Chuck Workman
Director
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