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Beat

"Sex and Drugs before Rock and Roll"

2000

1h 33m

5.0(26 votes)

Drama

Overview

The true story of two murders that shaped the lives of several college students who went on to become some of the most influential writers of the "Beat Generation."

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11 members

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Kiefer Sutherland

William S. Burroughs

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Courtney Love

Joan Vollmer Burroughs

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Ron Livingston

Allen Ginsberg

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Norman Reedus

Lucien Carr

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Sam Trammell

Lee

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Alec Von Bargen

Heard

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Tommy Perna

Dwight

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Daniel Martínez

Jack Kerouac

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Kyle Secor

Dave Kammerer

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Luisa Huertas

Maria (uncredited)

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Lisa Sheridan

Sadie

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