The Source
About the Film
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.
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp appears as Jack Kerouac.
Cast & Crew
Cast
HimselfSteve Allen
HimselfDavid Amram
HimselfAmiri Baraka
HimselfPaul Bowles
HimselfLenny Bruce
Jack KerouacJohnny Depp
HimselfBob Dylan
HimselfBob Hope
William S. BurroughsDennis Hopper
HimselfLyndon Johnson
HimselfRobert F. Kennedy
HimselfJack Kerouac
