The Beat Hotel

The Beat Hotel

2012
1h 28m
4.5

4.5/10

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Overview

The Beat Hotel, a new film by Alan Govenar, goes deep into the legacy of the American Beats in Paris during the heady years between 1957 and 1963, when Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Gregory Corso fled the obscenity trials in the United States surrounding the publication of Ginsberg’s poem Howl. They took refuge in a cheap no-name hotel they had heard about at 9, Rue Git le Coeur and were soon joined by William Burroughs, Ian Somerville, Brion Gysin, and others from England and elsewhere in Europe, seeking out the “freedom” that the Latin Quarter of Paris might provide.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Quick Facts

Release Date March 30, 2012
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt1959550
Website Visit Site

Cast

Jean-Jacques Lebel
Jean-Jacques Lebel

Self

Harold Chapman
Harold Chapman

Self

Elliot Rudie
Elliot Rudie

Self

Regina Weinreich
Regina Weinreich

Self

Barry Miles
Barry Miles

Self

Peter Golding
Peter Golding

Self

Oliver Harris
Oliver Harris

Self

'Cyclops' Lester
'Cyclops' Lester

Self

Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs

Self (archive footage)

Gregory Corso
Gregory Corso

Self (archive footage)

George Whitman
George Whitman

Self

Key Crew

Alan Govenar
Director

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