Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Release Date: 2008-04-14

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.

Rating: 5 / 10

Cast

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

as Narrator (voice)

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

as Walt Whitman (voice)

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

as Self (archive footage)

Crew

  • Mark Samels - Executive Producer

  • Mark Zwonitzer - Director

  • Mark Zwonitzer - Writer

  • Jamila Wignot - Producer

  • Sierra Pettengill - Associate Producer

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