December 31, 1965
Release Date

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Wholly Communion (1965)

Name: Wholly Communion
Released: 1965-12-31

33m

Running Time

December 31, 1965
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Gregory Corso

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Harry Fainlight

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Allen Ginsberg

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Michael Horovitz

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Ernst Jandl

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Christopher Logue

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Adrian Mitchell

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Alexander Trocchi

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Simon Vinkenoog

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Peter Whitehead

Director

Details.

Release Date
December 31, 1965

Status
Released

Running Time
33m

Filming Locations
London, United Kingdom

Last updated: 2024-09-18

Wiki.

Wholly Communion is a short documentary film made in 1965 by British filmmaker Peter Whitehead. It was filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, and documents a poetry event held on 11 June 1965 called the International Poetry Incarnation. It features poetry readings by Beat poets from the UK and U.S., including Allen Ginsberg, Michael Horovitz, Adrian Mitchell and Austrian poet Ernst Jandl.