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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.
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Johnny Depp
Jack Kerouac
D
Dennis Hopper
William S. Burroughs
John Turturro
Allen Ginsberg
A
Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
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William S. Burroughs
Self (archive footage)
P
Philip Glass
Self
R
Robert Creeley
Self
D
David Amram
Self
G
Gregory Corso
Self
L
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Self
K
Ken Kesey
Self
G
Gary Snyder
Self
J
Jerry Garcia
Self
M
Michael McClure
Self
T
Terry Southern
Self
T
Timothy Leary
Self
P
Paul Krassner
Self
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Diane Di Prima
Self
T
Tom Hayden
Self
D
David Dellinger
Self
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