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Chuck Workman (writer)
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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...
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3 nominations
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Excellent documentary
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Johnny Depp | ... | Jack Kerouac |
 | Dennis Hopper | ... | William S. Burroughs |
 | John Turturro | ... | Allen Ginsberg |
 | Allen Ginsberg | ... | Himself |
| Philip Glass | ... | Himself |
| Robert Creeley | ... | Himself |
| Ann Charters | ... | Herself |
| George Steade | ... | Himself |
| David Amram | ... | Himself |
| William S. Burroughs | ... | Himself |
| Ed Sanders | ... | Himself |
| Gregory Corso | ... | Himself |
| Kyle Roderick | ... | Himself - Corso biographer |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti | ... | Himself |
| Ken Kesey | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
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88 min
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Filmmaker Jason Rosette appears briefly in the scene at the student center during the reading of Kerouac's "On the Road".
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Chuck Workman did a fantastic job recreating the beat generation, via old footage, and vignettes involving Johnny Depp as Jack Kerouac, and Dennis Hopper as William Burroughs. This is truly a "must see" little gem of a film.