The Beat Hotel backdrop
The Beat Hotel poster
Trailer
The Beat Hotel
4.5
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1h 28m
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2012
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Released
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.

Cast
Jean-Jacques Lebel poster
Jean-Jacques Lebel
Self
Harold Chapman poster
Harold Chapman
Self
Elliot Rudie poster
Elliot Rudie
Self
Regina Weinreich poster
Regina Weinreich
Self
Barry Miles poster
Barry Miles
Self
Peter Golding poster
Peter Golding
Self
Oliver Harris poster
Oliver Harris
Self
'Cyclops' Lester poster
'Cyclops' Lester
Self
Allen Ginsberg poster
Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
William S. Burroughs poster
William S. Burroughs
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Corso poster
Gregory Corso
Self (archive footage)
George Whitman poster
George Whitman
Self
Jürgen Ploog poster
Jürgen Ploog
Self

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