Movie Description
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
(1978)Overview
A drama documentary of the life and death of the poet Dylan Thomas, who died in New York 25 years ago at age 39. Alcohol and a doctor's injection of morphine were the immediate causes. Ever since his childhood in Wales his life was a spectacular attempt - comic at times, serious below the surface, tragic at the finish - to survive on his own bizarre terms as the poet to end all poets. By the 1950s, that first postwar decade of uneasiness and change, Dylan Thomas was a legend to his admirers but a burnt-out case to himself. As he tours America to read poetry to rapt audiences, his past crowds in on him, the fractured memories of a man at the end of his tether.
Featured Crew
Cast
Dylan
Liz
Prof. Goonmeyer
Connie Goonmeyer
Imogen McLewis
Prof. McLewis
Girl student
Florence Thomas
D.J. Thomas
Doctor
Child Thomas
Party girl
Young Thomas
Idris
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Facts
Original TitleDylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
Status Released
Release Information
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1978-11-09
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 57m
Production CompaniesBBC Cymru Wales
Genres
- Drama
- Documentary
- TV Movie
