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Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise ()

Directed by Robert D. Squier

Overview

From the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia to the New York City docks where he worked as a customs inspector, this outstanding documentary tracks the personal and intellectual adventures of Herman Melville, one of the greatest talents in American literary history. Narrated by John Huston, the film includes readings and commentary by F. Murray Abraham, Robert Penn Warren, Alfred Kazan, and other notable writers and critics.

Length 88 minutes

Actors

F. Murray Abraham | Robert Penn Warren | John Huston | Emery Battis | Mikel Lambert | Lary Lewman | Nancy Lewman | Michael Tolaydo