Merton: A Film Biography

Merton: A Film Biography (1984)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1984-01-01
  • User Rating: 8/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 57min
  • Language: English
  • Director: 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.

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  • Alexander Scourby

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Gregory Abels

    as Thomas Merton (voice)

  • John Barber

    as Self

  • Jim Forest

    as Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation

  • Robert Lax

    as Self

  • John Eudes Bamberger

    as Self - Scholastic under Merton

  • Flavian Burns

    as Self - Scholastic under Merton

  • Robert Giroux

    as Self - Publisher

  • Naomi Burton Stone

    as Self

  • James Laughlin

    as Self - Publisher, New Directions

  • Jean Jadot

    as Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians

  • Ernesto Cardenal

    as Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton

  • Lawrence Ferlinghetti

    as Self - Poet

  • W. H. Ferry

    as Self

  • Mary Luke Tobin

    as Self

  • Joan Baez

    as Self

  • Maurice Flood

    as Self - Monk of Gethsemani

  • Thích Nhất Hạnh

    as Self - Buddhist Monk

  • Rembert Weakland

    as Self - Benedictine Monk

  • Jean Leclercq

    as Self - Benedictine Monk

  • Tenzin Gyatso

    as Self - The Dalai Lama
Camera Tom Hurwitz Director of Photography
Production Paul Wilkes Producer
Writing Paul Wilkes Writer
Production Kristina Borjesson Production Manager
Camera Frederick Iannone Assistant Camera
Directing Paul Wilkes Director
Sound Barbara Zahm Sound
Editing Mary Sweeney Associate Editor
Camera David Eubank Assistant Camera
Production Audrey Laurine Glynn Producer
Editing Zina Voynow Editor
Directing Zina Voynow Assistant Director
Sound Lee Dichter Sound Mixer
Visual Effects Gary Becker Animation
Sound Gary Gasgarth Sound Editor
Production Kristina Borjesson Researcher

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