Merton: A Film Biography
1984 | 57m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Paul Wilkes |
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| Writer: | Paul Wilkes |
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| In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of our time, some of which are excerpted here. Merton offers an engaging profile of a man whose presence in the world touched millions of people and whose words and thoughts continue to have a profound impact and relevance today. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1984 |
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| Director: | Paul Wilkes |
| Writer: | Paul Wilkes |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | monk, mystic, hermit, poet, anti-nuclear activist, writer, catholic, radical, pacifist, radical politics, modern prophets, controversial artist, mysticism, spiritual teachers, monasticism |
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| Name | Character |
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| Alexander Scourby | Narrator (voice) |
| Gregory Abels | Thomas Merton (voice) |
| John Barber | Self |
| Jim Forest | Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation |
| Robert Lax | Self |
| John Eudes Bamberger | Self - Scholastic under Merton |
| Flavian Burns | Self - Scholastic under Merton |
| Robert Giroux | Self - Publisher |
| Naomi Burton Stone | Self |
| James Laughlin | Self - Publisher, New Directions |
| Jean Jadot | Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians |
| Ernesto Cardenal | Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Self - Poet |
| W. H. Ferry | Self |
| Mary Luke Tobin | Self |
| Joan Baez | Self |
| Maurice Flood | Self - Monk of Gethsemani |
| Thích Nhất Hạnh | Self - Buddhist Monk |
| Rembert Weakland | Self - Benedictine Monk |
| Jean Leclercq | Self - Benedictine Monk |
| Tenzin Gyatso | Self - The Dalai Lama |
| Name | Job |
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| Paul Wilkes | Writer, Director |
| Zina Voynow | Editor, Assistant Director |
| Tom Hurwitz | Director of Photography |
| Barbara Zahm | Sound |
| David Eubank | Assistant Camera |
| Frederick Iannone | Assistant Camera |
| Lee Dichter | Sound Mixer |
| Gary Gasgarth | Sound Editor |
| Gary Becker | Animation |
| Mary Sweeney | Associate Editor |
| Kristina Borjesson | Researcher, Production Manager |
| Name | Title |
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| Paul Wilkes | Producer |
| Audrey Laurine Glynn | Producer |
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