Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences (1982)
Perry Miller Adato's first attempt to combine documentary techniques with dramatic re-enactment. The film uses actor John Cullum both as himself and to play the young Sandburg in short dramatic sequences. In search of Sandburg, Cullum travels to the poet's native home, Galesburg, Illinois speaking with close friends and family of the writer. Through a remarkable recently discovered trove of period photographs of Galesburg, the small-town America of Sandburg's childhood - the horse carriages, the ice-man delivering ice, a Fourth of July celebration - is revived in vivid detail.
Director: Perry Miller Adato
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John Cullum as Carl Sandburg |
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Frances Conroy as Mother / Lilian Steichen |
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Michael Higgins as Father / Hobo |
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Peter Michael Goetz as |
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Carl Sandburg as Self (voice) (archive footage) |
| Crew | Carl Sandburg | Poem |
| Editing | Sara Fishko | Editor |
| Production | Jac Venza | Executive Producer |
| Production | Perry Miller Adato | Producer |
| Directing | Perry Miller Adato | Director |
| Camera | Michael Davis | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Paul Shyre | Writer |
| Sound | Scott Kuney | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Kiser | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Megan Marks | Associate Producer |
