Merton: A Film Biography (1984)
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.
Director: Paul Wilkes
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Alexander Scourby as Narrator (voice) |
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Gregory Abels as Thomas Merton (voice) |
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John Barber as Self |
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Jim Forest as Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation |
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Robert Lax as Self |
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John Eudes Bamberger as Self - Scholastic under Merton |
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Flavian Burns as Self - Scholastic under Merton |
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Robert Giroux as Self - Publisher |
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Naomi Burton Stone as Self |
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James Laughlin as Self - Publisher, New Directions |
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Jean Jadot as Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians |
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Ernesto Cardenal as Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton |
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti as Self - Poet |
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W. H. Ferry as Self |
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Mary Luke Tobin as Self |
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Joan Baez as Self |
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Maurice Flood as Self - Monk of Gethsemani |
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Thích Nhất Hạnh as Self - Buddhist Monk |
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Rembert Weakland as Self - Benedictine Monk |
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Jean Leclercq as Self - Benedictine Monk |
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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 |
