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Year: 1999

Directed by: Chuck Workman

Written by: Chuck Workman

Johnny Depp playing: Jack Kerouac

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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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Year: 2007

Directed by: Julien Temple

Johnny Depp playing: Himself

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A documentary about the life of Joe Strummer of The Clash comprising archive footage of his life, and interviews with friends, family, and other celebrities.

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Year: 1992

Music by: The Lemonheads

Johnny Depp playing: Himself

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After croaking in his backyard, Ray is ushered into the offices of the afterlife where it is discovered that pertinent information to gain entrance into heaven is “incomplete.” So Ray is taken into an all-white interrogation room where he is questioned about his life, particularly his romantic relationships, by a series of people who have famous last names (Brezhnev, Streisand, Brando, Quayle, etc.).

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Johnny at a promotional event for Fox Network in 1987

Johnny at a promotional event for 21 Jump Street in November, 1987

Tom Petty and the Heartbrakers

Year: 2007

Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich

Johnny Depp playing: himself

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The work of Tom Petty is a uniquely-American blend of pop and rock that has made him one of the coolest guys in the South. With his faithful band The Heartbreakers behind him, Petty has been lighting up stages across the country for years. RUNNIN’ DOWN A DREAM captures 30 years of rock and roll history with never-before-seen footage, interviews and a recording of the celebrated 30th Anniversary Concert in Heartbreaker hometown Gainesville, Florida. Directed by famed filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, this is a must for Petty fans everywhere.

This movie contains hours of never before seen footage and interviews with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers plus music from the storied rock band’s entire career. The movie features interviews with George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Jeff Lynne, Rick Rubin, Johnny Depp, Jackson Browne and more. Also 1 DVD of the celebrated 30th Anniversary Concert in Heartbreaker hometown, Gainesville Florida

USA 14 October 2007 (New York Film Festival),
USA 29 October 2007 (TV premiere)

• A Film by Peter Bogdanovich
• 4 disc set,

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Year: 2002

Directed by: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe

Written by: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe

Produced by: Rosa Bosch, Andrew J. Curtis, Lucy Darwin

Johnny Depp playing: Himself

Plot

In August 2000, master filmmaker Terry Gilliam finally got his oppurtunity to create his dream film he laboured for a decade, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Assembling his film crew, he prepares his production in what promises to be the biggest budgeted feature film using only European financing, although it is meagre compared to Hollywood standards. However for all his creativity and enthusiasm, the film is immediately plagued with an improbable series of disasters ranging from scheduling conflicts, budget cuts, studio and location problems and worse that threaten to doom the film.

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