A true story of obsession and murder. When Allen Ginsberg is accepted at Columbia, he finds stuffy tradition clashing with the daringly modern ideas and attitudes- embodied by Lucien Carr. Lucien is an object of fascination for shy, unsophisticated Allen, and soon he is drawn into Lucien's hard-drinking, jazz-clubbing circle of friends, including William Burroughs and David Kammerer, who clearly resents Allen's position as Lucien's new sidekick. A...

The beatniks: Commonly acknowledged as the first beatnik movie. The plot concerns a gang who makes trouble and takes women with them wherever they go. The leader of the gang is discovered by a talent agent and signed to a recording contract. He tries to separate himself from the past, but gang members have different plans. Wild guitar: Hick hipster Bud Eagle arrives in L.A. just in time for a TV talent show where he and his guitar become an instant...