The source / Calliope Films Inc. ; presented by Hiro Yamagata ; written, produced and directed by Chuck Workman.
Filmmaker Chuck Workman explores the lives, works and influence of four leading lights of the "Beat Generation" of the 1950s: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Neal Cassady. Cutting back and forth between archival footage of his subjects and readings of selections from th...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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[United States] :
Fox Lorber Films,
[2000]
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| Summary: | Filmmaker Chuck Workman explores the lives, works and influence of four leading lights of the "Beat Generation" of the 1950s: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Neal Cassady. Cutting back and forth between archival footage of his subjects and readings of selections from the authors' works, he creates a fast-paced collage of images that show how the Beats became the dominant counter-cultural movement of the last half of America's 20th century. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. "Copyright 1996 Beat Productions, Inc."--Container. "A WinStar Cinema release"--Container. Special features: trailer, scene access, production credits, filmographies & awards, weblink. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Directors of photography, documentary sequences, Tom Hurwitz, Don Lenzer; directors of photography, performance sequences, Andrew Dintenfass, Jose Luis Mignone, Nancy Schreiber; film editor, Chuck Workman; original music, David Amram, Philip Glass; associate producers, Mark Apostolon, James Cady. |
| ISBN: | 1572528710 |
| Participant or Performer: | Readings by: Johnny Depp (Jack Kerouac), Dennis Hopper (William S. Burroughs), John Turturro (Allen Ginsberg). |