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Edgar A. Poe : buried alive / American Masters Pictures ; producer, Jennifer Pearce ; written and directed by Eric Stange ; a Spy Pond Productions film in association with the Center for Independent Documentary and Thirteen Productions LLC's American Masters for WNET.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: AM61701 | PBS11932429Language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2017]Distributor: [Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781531702670
  • 1531702678
  • 9786317022959
  • 631702295X
Other title:
  • Buried alive
  • Edgar Allan Poe : buried alive
Uniform titles:
  • American masters (Television program). Edgar A. Poe.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Boyd Estus ; editor, Peter Rhodes ; music, John Kusiak.
Cast: Denis O'Hare.Narrator, Kathleen Turner ; staged readings, Chris Sarandon, Ben Schnetzer ; commentators, Jeffrey Meyers, Paul Collins, J. Gerlad Kennedy, James Hutchisson, Paul Lewis, Chris Semtner, Scott Peeples, William Giraldi and others.Summary: Edgar Allan Poe: buried alive draws on the rich palette of Poe's evocative imagery and sharply drawn plots to tell the real story of the notorious author. Featuring Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare, the film explores the misrepresentations of Poe as an alcoholic madman. It reveals the way in which Poe tapped into what it means to be a human in the modern and sometimes frightening world.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD BIOGRAPHY Poe, E. A512 Available 33111009520277
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive draws on the rich palette of Poe's evocative imagery and sharply drawn plots to tell the real story of the notorious author. Featuring Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare, the film explores the misrepresentations of Poe as an alcoholic madman. It reveals the way in which Poe tapped into what it means to be a human in the modern and sometimes frightening world.

English audio; with optional English subtitles.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; 16:9 widescreen presentation; stereo.

Denis O'Hare.

Narrator, Kathleen Turner ; staged readings, Chris Sarandon, Ben Schnetzer ; commentators, Jeffrey Meyers, Paul Collins, J. Gerlad Kennedy, James Hutchisson, Paul Lewis, Chris Semtner, Scott Peeples, William Giraldi and others.

Director of photography, Boyd Estus ; editor, Peter Rhodes ; music, John Kusiak.

Originally broadcast in 2017 as an episode of the television series: American masters.

Based on a concept by Wally Coberg.

Edgar Allan Poe: buried alive draws on the rich palette of Poe's evocative imagery and sharply drawn plots to tell the real story of the notorious author. Featuring Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare, the film explores the misrepresentations of Poe as an alcoholic madman. It reveals the way in which Poe tapped into what it means to be a human in the modern and sometimes frightening world.

Special features: Garrison Keillor recites Annabel Lee; Raven mash-up; outtakes; Robert Pinsky on poem "Fairyland"; Humble funeral - lasting legacy; The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym; Wally Coberg story.

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