Walt Whitman (2008)

04/14/2008 (US) • 1h 49m

Documentary, History

Overview

This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class 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.

Top Billed Cast

J.K. Simmons

Narrator (voice)

Chris Cooper

Walt Whitman (voice)

Walt Whitman

Self (archive footage)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

poetry

poet

american civil war

walt whitman

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