The Source

The Source is a 1999 documentary film that explores the lives and works of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William S. Burroughs, tracing their friendships from Columbia University in 1944 to the deaths of Ginsberg and Burroughs in 1997. The film features dramatic interpretations by Johnny Depp as Kerouac, Dennis Hopper as Burroughs, and John Turturro as Ginsberg, intermixed with archival footage and appearances by notable poets and writers of the era.