American experience. Walt Whitman / PBS ; written and directed by Mark Zwonitzer ; produced and co-directed by Jamila Wignot ; producer, Patrick Long ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; a Patrick Long Productions film in association with HiddenHill Productions for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation.

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One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American experience" production tells Whitman's life story, from his working class...

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Uniform Title:American experience (Television program) Walt Whitman.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Patrick Long Productions (Firm)
Hidden Hill Productions
WGBH Educational Foundation
PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Zwonitzer, Mark (Director, author of screenplay,)
Wignot, Jamila (Producer, Director)
Long, Patrick (Producer)
Samels, Mark (Producer)
Cooper, Chris, 1951- (Actor)
Simmons, J. K. (Narrator)
Hays, Penny Elliott (Film editor)
Chin, Michael (director of photography.)
Goodman, Joel (Joel Scott) (composer (expression))
Ballou, Jasmine (Art director)
Dunbar, Heather (Costume designer)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: [United States] : PBS Home Video [distributor], [2008], ©2008.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892.
Poets, American > 19th century > Biography.
Documentary television programs > United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
1800 - 1899
Documentary television programs.
Poets, American.
United States.
Genre:
Biography.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Walt Whitman.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American experience" production 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 at the age of 72.
Note:Broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program American experience.
Special feature: Teacher's guide PDF (DVD-ROM).
Videorecording.
Call Number:CR1 D0095746 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
ISBN:0793694361
9780793694365
Credits:Edited by Penny Elliott Hays ; director of photography, Michael Chin ; music by Joel Goodman ; art director, Jasmine Ballou ; costume designer, Heather Dunbar.
System Details:DVD; Region 1; widescreen; optional 5.1 surround sound.
Participant or Performer:
Voice of Walt Whitman, Chris Cooper ; narrator, J.K. Simmons.