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1. Classic Albums (1997– )
50 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary series on several of the key albums in music history.
Stars: David Fricke, Joe Travers, Bruce Botnick, Phil Alexander
Votes: 338
2.
Classic Albums (1997– )
Episode:
The Doors
(2008)
60 min | Documentary, Music
The making of The Doors' eponymous debut album, released in 1967. Includes the early history of The Doors, how each song developed and interviews with the three surviving members of the band.
Director: Bob Smeaton | Stars: Bill Siddons, Perry Farrell, Michael McClure, Henry Rollins
Votes: 138
3. The Last Waltz (1978)
PG | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robbie Robertson, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Van Morrison
Votes: 20,169 | Gross: $0.32M
4. One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur (2008)
98 min | Documentary, Music
Jack Kerouac escapes from post "On The Road" fame to his dream of an isolated retreat in a cabin at Big Sur, where he searches for inner peace. His road comes full circle with this ... See full summary »
Director: Curt Worden | Stars: David Amram, Erik Bauersfeld, Carolyn Cassady, Jami Cassady
Votes: 88
5. Triptych in Four Parts (1958)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short
In describing the basis for TRIPTYCH IN FOUR PARTS, artist Lawrence Jordan writes, "Part one is the Portrait of a North Beach artist, John Reed. Part two and three take place in the desert ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Jordan | Stars: Wallace Berman, Phillip Lamantia, Michael McClure, John Reed
Votes: 11
6. Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin' - The Story of L.A. Woman (2012)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Music
The Doors didn't simply "break on through" in the late 1960s. Led by rock poet and frontman Jim Morrison, they exploded onto the music scene. Over four years, they provided the soundtrack ... See full summary »
Director: Martin R. Smith | Stars: Jim Ladd, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Michael McClure
Votes: 351
7. Na plovárne (1999– )
23 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Marek Eben, Quincy Jones, Miroslav Ondrícek, Jirí Lábus
Votes: 79
8. The Source (1999)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S.
Director: Chuck Workman | Stars: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Dennis Hopper, Allen Ginsberg
Votes: 845 | Gross: $0.36M
9. What Happened to Kerouac? (1986)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary explore the unfulfilled promise of Beat Generation icon Jack Kerouac, covering the period from the publication of his notorious novel On the Road in 1957 to his alcohol-related death 12 years later.
Directors: Richard Lerner, Lewis MacAdams | Stars: Gregory Corso, Jan Kerouac, Herbert Huncke, Fran Landesman
Votes: 365
10. Poetry in Motion (1982)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Several also comment. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem.... See full summary »
Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Helen Adam, Miguel Algarín, Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan
Votes: 174
11. The Hired Hand (1971)
R | 90 min | Drama, Western
Harry returns home to his wife and farm after drifting with his friend Arch and has to make a difficult decision regarding his loyalties.
Director: Peter Fonda | Stars: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Robert Pratt
Votes: 3,793
12. Kerouac, the Movie (1984)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Jack Kerouac was a Beat Generation writer who took the nation by storm upon the publication of his novel On the Road. Kerouac's legacy and influence are explained via interviews with ... See full summary »
Director: John Antonelli | Stars: Peter Coyote, Jack Coulter, Cindy Alwan, David Andrews
Votes: 226
13. Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary
The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters. For well over a half century, Ferlinghetti helped shape the currents of poetry and ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Felver | Stars: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Dennis Hopper, Billy Collins
Votes: 50 | Gross: $0.00M
14. Visions of a City (1978)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short
A portrait of poet Michael McClure and of San Fransisco. Both are seen in reflective surfaces - glass, metal etc - that constitute much of the city. Made between 1957 and 1978.
Director: Larry Jordan | Star: Michael McClure
Votes: 36
15. Matt Houston (1982–1985)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Matt Houston is a wealthy Texan who moves to California to oversee his family's offshore drilling enterprises but spends most of his time dabbling in his private investigator hobby.
Stars: Lee Horsley, Pamela Hensley, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Cis Rundle
Votes: 1,458
16. HWY: An American Pastoral (1969)
50 min | Drama
A young man played by Morrison wanders the desert until eventually driving to Los Angeles.
Director: Paul Ferrara | Stars: Jim Morrison, Michael McClure
Votes: 392
17. No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg 1926-1997 (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
Director: Colin Still | Stars: Steve Allen, Eugene Brooks, William F. Buckley, Ann Charters
Votes: 37
18. Be-in (1967)
7 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Rare short film with psychedelic effects. This movie immortalizes the "Human Be-in" gathering on the 17th of January 1967 at the Golden Gate Park of San Francisco as the beginning of the summer of love.
Director: Jerry Abrams | Stars: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Lenore Kandel, Timothy Leary
Votes: 32
19. Breaking the Rules (2006)
94 min | Documentary, History, Music
A history of American counterculture covering 1950s Bebop, the Beat Generation, the Summer of Love, and the origin of Hip-Hop.
Director: Marco Müller | Stars: Diego Reiwald, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Amiri Baraka, Ruth Weiss
Votes: 22
20. Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Viva, James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Shirley Clarke
Votes: 1,332
21.
Matt Houston (1982–1985)
Episode:
Marilyn
(1983)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Houston searches for a mobster's mistress, a dead ringer for Marilyn Monroe, before she is killed.
Director: Barbara Peeters | Stars: Lee Horsley, Pamela Hensley, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Charles Dierkop
Votes: 23
22. Two: Creeley/McClure (1965)
5 min | Short
An experimental short film by Stan Brakhage which combines flashing light and images.
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: Robert Creeley, Michael McClure
Votes: 332
24. Maidstone (1970)
110 min | Drama
Norman T. Kingsley, famous movie director, runs for President.
Director: Norman Mailer | Stars: Norman Mailer, Rip Torn, Paul Austin, Joy Bang
Votes: 281
25. Beyond the Law (1968)
110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A night in a Manhattan police station.
Director: Norman Mailer | Stars: Rip Torn, George Plimpton, Norman Mailer, Mickey Knox
Votes: 191
26. Rebel Roar: The Sound of Michael McClure (2008 Video)
34 min | Short, Biography
Rebel Roar: The Sound of Michael McClure explores the poetry and thoughts of one of the original Beat poets. McClure's relationship and influence on Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, and the '60s ... See full summary »
Directors: Kurt Hemmer, Tom Knoff | Star: Michael McClure
27. Keenan (2011 Video)
40 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
An intimate portrait of legendary photographer Larry Keenan capturing the transformation of the Beat Generation into the burgeoning 60's rock counterculture and his visionary work beyond.
Directors: Kurt Hemmer, Tom Knoff | Stars: Liz Byrne, Ron Davis, Chelsea Keenan, Elaine Keenan
28. The Poetry Deal: a film with Diane di Prima (2011 Video)
27 min | Short
An impressionistic documentary about legendary poet Diane di Prima, the poet laureate of San Francisco, THE POETRY DEAL opens a window looking back through more than 50 years of poetry, ... See full summary »
Director: Melanie La Rosa | Stars: Diane Di Prima, Michael McClure
29. Light My Fire: Ray Manzarek - A Return to the Whisky a Go Go (2000 Video)
120 min | Documentary, Music
Ray Manzarek, Doors founding member and keyboardist, hosts, plays piano, and tells stories about the late Doors singer Jim Morrison together with Doors band-mate Robbie Krieger and fellow rock musicians and poets.
Directors: Ray Manzarek, Lawrence Smith | Stars: Ray Manzarek, John Doe, Perry Farrell, Robby Krieger
30. The Third Mind (2000)
56 min | Documentary
A documentary focusing on the collaboration of Michael McClure and Ray Manzarek, between the psychedelic and Beat sensibilities, features live performances interlaced with commentary on the nexus between spoken word and music.
Director: William Tyler Smith | Stars: Ray Manzarek, Michael McClure, Jim Carroll, Diane Di Prima
31. San Francisco's Summer of Love (2003– )
46 min | Documentary
News footage and contemporary interviews to reflect on San Francisco's 'Summer of Love'. A cultural phenomenon that was really in effect throughout the mid to late 1960s and focused in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood.
Stars: Allen Cohen, Carolyn Garcia, Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead
32. Bitnici pevaju (1967 TV Movie)
Drama, Music
Director: Bozidar Matkovic | Stars: Slobodan Aligrudic, Dusan Golumbovski, Mihailo 'Misa' Janketic, Radmila Mikic
34. The Maze: Haight/Ashbury (1967)
Documentary, Short
Stars: Mike Bowen, Richard Brautigan, Richard Bright, Billie Dixon
35. Curses and Sermons (2009)
15 min | Short, Fantasy, Western
With only the moon as his silent witness, a lone gunslinger digs an unmarked grave when a mysterious and beautiful stranger forces him to confront the man he has become and the man he could still be.
Director: Nic Saunders | Stars: Poppy Rose Antionades, Philip Bulcock, Kasia Halpin, Nicola Kelleher
36.
Na plovárne (1999– )
Episode:
Na plovárne s Michaelem McClurem
(2008)
Talk-Show
Stars: Marek Eben, Michael McClure