Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise Trailer (1985)

15 May 1985 Factual 88 mins

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.

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Cast

F. Murray Abraham as Herman Melville

Robert Penn Warren as Interview

John Huston as Narrator

Mikel Lambert as Elizabeth Melville

Lary Lewman as Nathaniel Hawthorne

Michael Tolaydo as Evert Duyckinck

International Releases Dates

United States 15 May 1985

Production Companies

The Film Company

Pyramid Media

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