A short film documenting what was referred to as "The International Poetry Incarnation". It was billed as Great Britain's first full-scale "happening", with the world's leading Beat poets together under one roof at the Royal Albert Hall on June 11, 1965, for an evening of near-hallucinatory revelry. It came to be seen as one of the cultural high points of the Swinging Sixties.
Credits
Wholly Communion Cast
Name |
Character |
Allen Ginsberg
He was 39, 70 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
He was 46, now 105 years old
|
as Himself |
Michael Horovitz
He was 30, now 89 years old
|
as Himself |
Adrian Mitchell
He was 33, 76 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Simon Vinkenoog
He was 37, 80 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Alexander Trocchi
He was 40, 58 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Harry Fainlight
He was 30, 47 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Ernst Jandl
He was 40, 74 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Christopher Logue
He was 39, 85 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Gregory Corso
He was 35, 70 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Wholly Communion Crew
Name |
Department |
Peter Whitehead as Director. He was 51 (104) years old when He died
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Directing |