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The Source

5.619991h 28mMovieDocumentaryHistory

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,…

DirectorChuck Workman

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Availability shown for United Kingdom · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Chuck Workman

Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
Jack Kerouac
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper
William S. Burroughs
John Turturro
John Turturro
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
Self (archive footage)
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Self
Robert Creeley
Robert Creeley
Self
Ann Charters
Ann Charters
Self
George Steade
George Steade
Self
David Amram
David Amram
Self
Ed Sanders
Ed Sanders
Self
Gregory Corso
Gregory Corso
Self

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Is The Source based on a true story?

Yes — The Source is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).