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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... more | add synopsisAwards:
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If you like them....You'll love this moreCast
(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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The Source was the first documentary I have ever seen on the big screen beside those huge IMax films. The Source was very enjoyable film. I have always read Kerouac and Burroughs with much enthusiasm and this film helped me to fall in love with their work all over again and some more. The Beats were an aquired taste, but if you are searching for yourself (and I believe most people are) these guys can help you start. They don't show you the way but they give you a good start.
This film was very insightful into the lives of these life searching nomads. See this if you enjoy their work. Even if you never read any of their stuff, see it anyway.