The Beat Hotel (2012)

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 (13)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Jean-Jacques Lebel

Self

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Harold Chapman

Self

E

Elliot Rudie

Self

R

Regina Weinreich

Self

B

Barry Miles

Self

P

Peter Golding

Self

O

Oliver Harris

Self

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'Cyclops' Lester

Self

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

William S. Burroughs

Self (archive footage)

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Gregory Corso

Self (archive footage)

G

George Whitman

Self

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Jürgen Ploog

Self

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