Plot:

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.

Tags:

Actors - Crew

Johnny Depp
Jack Kerouac

Dennis Hopper
William S. Burroughs

John Turturro
Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg
Self

Philip Glass
Self

Robert Creeley
Self

Chuck Workman
Writers' Production

James Cady
Associate Producer

Philip Glass
Sound

Mark Apostolon
Associate Producer

David Amram
Sound

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