The Source poster

The Source( 1999)

TV-MADocumentaryHistory
51%
User
Score

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. cast image

      Johnny Depp

      Jack Kerouac

    2. cast image

      Dennis Hopper

      William S. Burroughs

    3. cast image

      John Turturro

      Allen Ginsberg

    4. cast image

      Allen Ginsberg

      Self (archive footage)

    5. cast image

      William S. Burroughs

      Self (archive footage)

    6. cast image

      Philip Glass

      Self

    7. cast image

      Robert Creeley

      Self

    8. cast image

      Ann Charters

      Self

    9. cast image

      George Steade

      Self

    10. cast image

      David Amram

      Self

    11. cast image

      Ed Sanders

      Self

    12. cast image

      Gregory Corso

      Self

    13. cast image

      Kyle Roderick

      Self

    14. cast image

      Lawrence Ferlinghetti

      Self

    15. cast image

      Ken Kesey

      Self

    16. cast image

      Gary Snyder

      Self

    17. cast image

      Jerry Garcia

      Self

    18. cast image

      Jack Micheline

      Self

    19. cast image

      Michael McClure

      Self

    20. cast image

      Stephen Ronan

      Self

    21. cast image

      Philip Whalen

      Self

    22. cast image

      Terry Southern

      Self

    23. cast image

      Timothy Leary

      Self

    24. cast image

      Paul Krassner

      Self

    25. cast image

      Diane Di Prima

      Self

    26. cast image

      Tom Hayden

      Self

    27. cast image

      David Dellinger

      Self

    28. cast image

      John Sampas

      Self

    Social

    Review 0Discussion

    We don't have any reviews for The Source

    Media

    Videos 1Backdrops 4Posters 4

    Recommendations

    1. It Came from... Baltimore!!72%

    2. GCW: Fight Club Houston75%

    3. Fight Club But With Tennis And No Fight76%

    4. Great White Fight Club

      Great White Fight Club78%

    5. Girls Fight Club75%

    6. Twice 1st Arena Tour 2018 "BDZ" at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza Main Arena

      Twice 1st Arena Tour 2018 "BDZ" at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza Main Arena59%

    7. Insane Fight Club68%

    8. Fight Club: Members Only

      Fight Club: Members Only64%

    9. The Tea Party : The Reformation Tour - Live from Australia

      The Tea Party : The Reformation Tour - Live from Australia80%

    10. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya

      Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya67%

    11. The Shop Curtain0%

    12. Young and Dangerous 4

      Young and Dangerous 463%

    13. Terem-teremok73%

    14. Lili63%

    15. Faith No More: Reunited - Live at the Area 4 Festival

      Faith No More: Reunited - Live at the Area 4 Festival48%

    16. Maintenance by Any Means50%

    17. Shark

      Shark93%

    18. Diary of a Sergeant60%

    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    360895.00

    Keywords

    • biography
    • writer
    • gay theme
    • gay artist