The Source
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Chuck Workman
Norman Mailer
Diane Diprima
Ed Sanders
Ken Kesey
Timothy Leary
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The blending of archival footage with new interviews and dramatic recreations bring the cultural history of the Beat Generation to life. Marking the birth of this countercultural movement from its inception in West Coast bohemian living in the 1950s to the hippie enclaves of San Francisco in the 1960s and 70s, The film proposes an effect of Beat philosophy and aesthtics on art and popular culture as well as such timely contemporary issues as gay rights, women's rights, minority rights and cultural sensitivity and awareness.
Director
Chuck Workman
Cast
Norman Mailer
Diane Diprima
Ed Sanders
Ken Kesey
Timothy Leary
Robert Motherwell
Johnny Depp
Gregory Corso
Jerry Garcia
Shirley Clark
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Allen Ginsberg
Bob Dylan
John Turturro
Robert Creeley
Neal Cassady
Michael Mcclure
Anne Waldman
Tom Hayden
Amiri Baraka
Dennis Hopper
Jack Kerouac
William S. Burroughs
Gary Snyder
David Amram
Philip Glass
Terry Southern
Crew
David Amram
David Amram
Laurie Anderson
Mark Apostolon
Amiri Baraka
The Beatles
William S. Burroughs
James Cady
Neal Cassady
Shirley Clark
Ornette Coleman
Gregory Corso
Robert Creeley
Andrew Dintenfass
Andrew Dintenfass
Diane Diprima
The Doors
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Jerry Garcia
Stan Gertz
Dizzy Gillespie
Allen Ginsberg
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Tom Hayden
Tom Hurwitz
Tom Hurwitz
Jack Kerouac
Ken Kesey
Timothy Leary
Don Lenzer
Don Lenzer
Norman Mailer
Michael Mcclure
Natalie Merchant
Jose Luis Mignone
Jose Luis Mignone
Thelonious Monk
Robert Motherwell
Gerry Mulligan
Ed Sanders
Nancy Schreiber
Nancy Schreiber
Gary Snyder
Terry Southern
Anne Waldman
Chuck Workman
Chuck Workman
Chuck Workman
Hiro Yamagata
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States September 10, 1999
Released in United States January 1999
Released in United States June 1999
Released in United States October 15, 1999
Released in United States on Video May 23, 2000
Released in United States Summer August 25, 1999
Shown at docfest: New York International Documentary Festival June 2-6, 1999.
Broadcast in USA on PBS (American Masters) April 2000.
USA distributor WinStar Cinema was formerly Fox Lorber Features.
Released in United States January 1999 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (documentary competition) in Park City, Utah January 21-31, 1999.)
Released in United States on Video May 23, 2000
Released in United States June 1999 (Shown at docfest: New York International Documentary Festival June 2-6, 1999.)
Released in United States Summer August 25, 1999
Expanded Release in United States September 10, 1999
Released in United States October 15, 1999 (Los Angeles)
