American Masters The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation (1999)


American Masters The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation
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7.2 IMDB rating
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Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Jack Kerouac
Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

William S. Burroughs
John Turturro

John Turturro

Allen Ginsberg
Philip Glass

Philip Glass

Himself
Robert Creeley

Robert Creeley

Himself
Ann Charters

Ann Charters

Herself
George Steade

George Steade

Himself


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Description: 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 ... (more)
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"Dennis Hopper as William S. Burroughs. John Turturo as Allen Ginsberg. Johnny Depp as Jack Kerouac. And it's a documentary, not a period piece. "


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