Here we've displayed a list of the best Allen Ginsberg films : Before Stonewall(1984), What Happened to Kerouac?(1986), Howl(2010), No Direction Home: Bob Dylan(2005), Beat(2000), Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation(1999) ... ...
Documentary, Drama, History
USA
1984
87 Minutes
Allen Ginsberg Harry Hay Frank Kameny Audre Lorde Donna Smith
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The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.
Documentary
USA
1986
96 Minutes
William S. Burroughs Lewis MacAdams Jack Kerouac
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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.
Biography, Drama
USA
2010
84 Minutes
James Franco Jeffrey Friedman David Strathairn Jon Hamm Bob Balaban Jeff Daniels Mary-Louise Parker Treat Williams Alessandro Nivola Todd Rotondi Jon Prescott
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As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.
Biography, Documentary
2005
207 Minutes
Bob Dylan Dick Kangas Liam Clancy Maria Muldaur John Cohen
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Filmmaker Martin Scorsese traces Bob Dylan's evolution from folk troubadour to iconic rock star. Live concert footage and press conferences from the 1960s and a new interview with Dylan are used to draw a portrait of the legendary singer-songwriter.
Drama
2000
89 Minutes
Courtney Love Norman Reedus Ron Livingston Kiefer Sutherland Daniel Martin Kyle Secor Sam Trammell Lisa Sheridan Rene Rubio Georgiana Sirbu Tommy Perna
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The true story of two murders that shaped the lives of several college students who went on to become some of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation.
Documentary
1999
90 Minutes
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Filmmaker Chuck Workman charts the achievements of Beat notables Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Neal Cassady.