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The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994) -- A documentary tracing the life and work of Allen Ginsberg, the greatest of the Beat Generation poets.
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) -- A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.
Berkeley in the Sixties (1990) -- A documentary about militant student political activity in the University of California-Berkely in the 1960's.
Corso: The Last Beat (2009) -- ETHAN HAWKE  takes us on the road with GREGORY CORSO - the most colorful of the inner circle of THE BEATS, who along with KEROUAC, GINSBERG and BURROUGHS  changed world culture and social history.
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008) -- WILD COMBINATION is director Matt Wolf's visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell.

Overview

Date of Death:
5 April 1997, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA more
Mini Biography:
Louis Ginsberg, the moderate Jewish Socialist and his wife Naomi, who... more
Trivia:
In 1965, Ginsberg was deported from Cuba for publicly protesting against... more
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NewsDesk:
(104 articles)
First Look: James Franco as Allen Ginsberg
 (From FilmSchoolRejects. 3 December 2009, 9:44 PM, PST)

Sundance: 18 Titles to Watch
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Alternate Names:
Alan Ginsberg | Rabbi Buddha Whitman/Ginsburg

Filmography

Actor:
  1. Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (2000) (V) (as Rabbi Buddha Whitman/Ginsburg) .... He Dead Too

  2. Ballad of the Skeletons (1997)

  3. It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen (1984)

  4. Renaldo and Clara (1978) .... The Father
  5. Thot-Fal'N (1978)
  6. Global Groove (1973) (V)
  7. Johnny Minotaur (1971)
  8. Prologue (1970)

  9. Love Love Love (1968)
  10. Chappaqua (1966) .... Messiah

  11. Pull My Daisy (1959) (as Alan Ginsberg) .... Allen
Writer:
  1. "The Fifties" (1997) TV mini-series (poem "Howl") (segment 5)
  2. Ballad of the Skeletons (1997) (writer)
  3. "United States of Poetry" (1995) TV mini-series (poem)
  4. An Autumn Wind (1994) (writer)
  5. Drug-Taking and the Arts (1994) (poem "Laughing Gas")

  6. Me and My Brother (1969) (poems)
Soundtrack:
  1. Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008) (writer: "Spell")
  2. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) (writer: "America") (performer: "America")
    ... aka Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (Australia)
  3. The Cockettes (2002) (writer: "Nurse's Song") (performer: "Nurse's Song")

  4. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994) (writer: "New Stanzas for Amazing Grace")

  5. Renaldo and Clara (1978) (performer: "Nurse's Song")
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. Mushroom's Dam (2000) (poem)

  2. "The Fifties" (1997) TV mini-series (archive source)
Thanks:
  1. The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (2007) (dedicated to the memory of)

  2. Good Will Hunting (1997) (in memory of)
  3. Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) (thanks: for generous help and insight)
Self:
  1. Corso: The Last Beat (2009)
  2. Ferlinghetti: A City Light (2009) .... Himself
  3. Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets (2008) .... Himself
  4. Farewell to the Deuce (2002) .... Himself
  5. Chvála bláznivosti (2001) (voice) .... Himself
    ... aka Moriae Encomium (International: Latin title)
    ... aka The Praise of Folly (International: English title)
  6. "The American Experience" .... Himself (3 episodes, 1999-2001)
        - New York: Part 6 - The City of Tomorrow (2001) TV episode .... Himself
        - New York: Part V - Cosmopolis (1999) TV episode .... Himself
        - New York: Part II - Order and Disorder (1999) TV episode .... Himself
  7. Sleep in a Nest of Flames (2001) .... Himself
  8. American Magus (2001) .... Himself
  9. Jonas at the Ocean (2001) .... Himself
  10. My Generation (2000) .... Himself
  11. Condo Painting (2000)

  12. The Source (1999) (TV) .... Himself
  13. "New York: A Documentary Film" .... Himself (3 episodes, 1999)
    ... aka American Experience: New York - A Documentary Film (USA: alternative title)
        - Order and Disorder: 1825-1865 (1999) TV episode .... Himself
        - The City and the World: 1945-Present (1999) TV episode .... Himself
        - The City of Tomorrow: 1931-1940 (1999) TV episode .... Himself
  14. Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1998) .... Himself
  15. Hustler for Life (1998) .... Himself
  16. "Cold War" (1998) TV mini-series .... Himself (unknown episodes)
  17. "The Fifties" (1997) TV mini-series (also archive footage) .... Himself (poet)
  18. U2: A Year in Pop (1997) (TV) .... Himself
  19. "The Charlie Rose Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1997)
    ... aka Charlie Rose (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 7 April 1997 (1997) TV episode .... Himself
  20. Ginsberg - Egy költö a Lower East Side-ról (1997)
    ... aka A Poet on the Lower East Side: A Docu-Diary on Allen Ginsberg (USA)
  21. The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1996)
  22. "Rock & Roll" (1995) TV mini-series .... Himself
  23. "United States of Poetry" (1995) TV mini-series .... Himself
  24. The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 6 (1995) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka My Generation
  25. Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider (1994)
  26. Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys (1994) .... Himself
    ... aka Chicken Hawk (USA: short title)
  27. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994) .... Himself
  28. Jonas in the Desert (1994) .... Himself
  29. An Autumn Wind (1994) .... Himself
  30. Drug-Taking and the Arts (1994) .... Himself (poet)
  31. Road Scholar (1993) .... Himself
  32. Flashbacks (1990) .... Interview Subject
    ... aka Timothy Leary's Flashbacks (USA: complete title)
  33. Die Aids-Trilogie: Schweigen = Tod - Künstler in New York kämpfen gegen AIDS (1990) .... Himself
    ... aka Die Aids-Trilogie: Schweigen = Tod (Germany: short title)
    ... aka Silence = Death (USA)
  34. Flashing on the Sixties: A Tribal Document (1990) (V) .... Himself

  35. Heavy Petting (1989) .... Himself
  36. Growing Up in America (1988) .... Himself
  37. It Was 20 Years Ago Today (1987) .... Himself
  38. The Beat Generation: An American Dream (1987) .... Himself
  39. What Happened to Kerouac? (1986) .... Himself
    ... aka Kerouac (International: English title)
  40. Kerouac, the Movie (1985) .... Himself (poet)
  41. Before Stonewall (1984) .... Himself
    ... aka Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community
  42. Burroughs (1983)
  43. Poetry in Motion (1982) .... Himself
  44. Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections (1982) .... Himself
  45. Kopaszkutya (1981) .... Himself
    ... aka Bald Dog (International: English title: festival title)
  46. The Beats: An Existential Comedy (1980) (V) .... Himself
  47. La marche gaie (1980) .... Himself
  48. Mahagonny (1980) .... Himself
    ... aka Number 18 (USA)
  49. Castelporziano, ostia dei poeti (1980) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka Lunatics, Lovers and Poets (Europe: English title)

  50. The War at Home (1979) .... Himself (activist)
  51. Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1978) .... Himself
  52. "The Irv Kupcinet Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1975)
        - Episode dated 18 August 1975 (1975) TV episode .... Himself
  53. Pickup's Tricks (1973)
  54. Ciao Manhattan (1972) .... Himself
    ... aka Edie in Ciao! Manhattan
  55. Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family (1971) .... Himself
  56. Dynamite Chicken (1971) .... Himself
  57. Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally (1971) .... Himself

  58. Diaries Notes and Sketches (1969) .... Himself
    ... aka Walden (USA: new title)
  59. "The David Frost Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1969)
        - Episode #1.25 (1969) TV episode .... Himself
  60. Me and My Brother (1969) .... Himself
  61. The Fall (1969) .... Himself
  62. "Firing Line" .... Himself (1 episode, 1968)
        - The Hippies (1968) TV episode .... Himself
  63. Yippie (1968) .... Himself
  64. Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967) .... Himself
    ... aka London Is a Swinging City (International: English title)
    ... aka The London Scene
    ... aka Tonight Let's All Make Love in London (International: English title)
  65. Dont Look Back (1967) (uncredited) .... Himself
    ... aka Don't Look Back (USA: orthographically correct title)
  66. Anatomy of Violence (1967) (TV) .... Himself - Non-Violent Poet-Prophet
    ... aka Spectrum: Anatomy of Violence (USA: series title)
  67. What's Happening? (1967) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka Che cosa sta succedendo? (Italy)
  68. Be-In (1967) .... Himself
  69. Galaxie (1966) .... Himself
  70. Wholly Communion (1965)
  71. Couch (1964) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. Tim Leary: The Art of Dying (2008) .... Himself
  2. Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008) .... Himself
  3. "Sekai gumi TV"
        - The Legend of the Hotel Chelsea (2007) TV episode (archive sound) .... Himself
  4. The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (2007) .... Himself
  5. "The Drug Years"
        - Break on Through (????) TV episode .... Himself
  6. "SexTV"
        - The Naked Woman/Queer Beats/Modern Paul (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  7. The Ballad of Greenwich Village (2005) .... Himself
  8. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) .... Himself
  9. Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair (2004) (V) .... Himself
  10. The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' (2003) (V) .... Himself
  11. The Cockettes (2002) .... Himself
  12. Literárky - Zápas o mantinely (2001) .... Himself
  13. Hendrix (2000) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself (at microphone)
  14. New York in the 50's (2000) .... Himself
  15. Grass (1999) .... Himself
  16. "Bravo Profiles"
        - Jack Kerouac: On the Road to Desolation (1998) TV episode .... Himself
  17. Birth of a Nation (1997) .... Himself
  18. No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg 1926-1997 (1997) (TV) .... Himself
  19. Happy Birthday to John (1996) .... Himself
  20. Berkeley in the Sixties (1990) .... Himself
  21. He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) .... Himself


Additional Details

Other Works:
CD: Spoken-word CD "The Lion For Real", 1989 (Mercury) more
Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 12 Portrayals | 2 Interviews | 6 Articles more

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