Walt Whitman

Mark Zwonitzer
2008-04-14


5
109 min

This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892.

Cast

Name Character Team
J.K. Simmons Narrator (voice) The Free Refills
Chris Cooper Walt Whitman (voice) Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Walt Whitman Self (archive footage) Unowned