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The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation
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The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation
Duration:
88 min
Genres:
Documentary | Biography | History
IMDB rate:
7.5
Director:
Chuck Workman
Awards:
3 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $16,821 (USA) (29 August 1999)
Gross: $360,895 (USA) (21 May 2000)
Cast
Actor
Character
Johnny Depp
Jack Kerouac
Dennis Hopper
William S. Burroughs
John Turturro
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
Himself
Philip Glass
Himself
Robert Creeley
Himself
Ann Charters
Herself
George Steade
Himself
David Amram
Himself
William S. Burroughs
Himself
Ed Sanders
Himself
Gregory Corso
Himself
Kyle Roderick
Himself - Corso biographer
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Himself
Ken Kesey
Himself (archive footage)
Gary Snyder
Himself
Jerry Garcia
Himself
Jack Micheline
Himself
Michael McClure
Himself
Stephen Ronin
Himself - Beat historian
Philip Whalen
Himself
Terry Southern
Himself
Timothy Leary
Himself
Paul Krassner
Himself
Diane Di Prima
Herself
Tom Hayden
Himself
David Dellinger
Himself
John Sampas
Himself
Steve Allen
Himself (archive footage)
Amiri Baraka
Himself
Paul Bowles
Himself (archive footage)
Lenny Bruce
Himself (archive footage)
William F. Buckley
Himself (archive footage)
Mortimer Burroughs
Himself (archive footage)
John Cage
Himself (archive footage)
Neal Cassady
Himself (archive footage)
Shirley Clarke
Herself (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Himself (archive footage)
Richard J. Daley
Himself (archive footage)
Bob Dylan
Himself (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Himself (archive footage)
Brion Gysin
Himself (archive footage)
Abbie Hoffman
Himself (archive footage)
Billie Holiday
Herself (archive footage)
J. Edgar Hoover
Himself (archive footage)
Bob Hope
Himself (archive footage)
Lyndon Johnson
Himself (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Himself (archive footage)
Jack Kerouac
Himself (archive footage)
Jan Kerouac
Herself (archive footage)
Martin Luther King
Himself (archive footage)
John Leguizamo
Himself (archive footage)
Norman Mailer
Himself (archive footage)
Steve Martin
Himself (archive footage)
Groucho Marx
Himself (archive footage)
Gilbert Millstein
Himself
Robert Motherwell
Himself (archive footage)
Deborah Norville
Herself (archive footage)
Peter Orlovsky
Himself (archive footage)
Stuart Perkoff
Himself (archive footage)
Marlon Riggs
Himself (archive footage)
Henry Rollins
Himself (archive footage)
Did you know?
Trivia
Broadcast in the UK in 2001 as part of the BBC's prestigious Arena (1975) series.
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Filmmaker Jason Rosette appears briefly in the scene at the student center during the reading of Kerouac's "On the Road".
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