Walt Whitman
Know for: Writing
Born: 1819-05-31
Place of birth: West Hills, Town of Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA
Also know as:
A Supermarket in Californi (2024)
Carved to the beat verses of Allen Ginsberg and his eponymous poem, A Supermarket in California paints the most surreal contours of an America...
Walt Whitman (2008)
This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in...
Aliment Roots (2018)
An exploration of love and lust in nature.
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America (1992)
The story of Kurt Weill 's relationship with the American popular theatre. During his years in exile on Broadway, the composer of Mack the Knife and...
Beautiful Dreamers (1990)
When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is...
Manhatta (1921)
Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall...
Leaves of Grass (2009)
An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local drug lord.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
L.I.E. (2001)
With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing...
American Torso (1975)
In the final days of the American Civil War, an emigre Hungarian military officer attempts to map the situation of the enemy. Many veterans of the...
When Walt Whitman Was a Little Girl (2012)
As the title suggests, this is a speculative biography of the artistic side of Walt Whitman. Starting out as an ordinary nine year old girl, young...
Bull Durham (1988)
Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their...
Messengers (2004)
Dr. Sarah Chapel returns to the small town of Brighton Mills when her father Dr. Robert Chapel unexpectedly dies. His clients and friends miss him,...
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see...
Facing West (2020)
A cinematic setting of poems by Walt Whitman that span his whole life's work, commemorating his bicentennial year. Features the poet's Long Island...
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age (1971)
An introduction to Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist. A world poet-a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and...