Walt Whitman (2008)

Movie
Audience Score
50
Walt Whitman
NR 1 hr 49 minApr 14th, 2008Documentary, History
This American Experience tells Whitmans life story from his workingclass childhood in Long Island to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work to his death in 1892
StarringJ.K. SimmonsChris CooperWalt Whitman
DirectorMark Zwonitzer
WriterMark Zwonitzer

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Mark Samels
Production Companies:PBS American Experience PBS WGBH Hidden Hill Productions
Walt Whitman on the Web:Official Website
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