The Poet and the Con
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Cast & Crew
Eric Trules
Eric Trules
Harvey Rosenberg
Ed Couppee
Neil Elliot
Stephen Halbert
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Synopsis
USC theater professor and prize-winning poet Eric Trules documents his relationship with his Uncle Harvey, a professional criminal, underworld boss and confessed murderer, during the last five years of his life. In doing so, he speculates on the tenuous relationships between morality and mortality and creativity and criminality within families and larger socio-cultural institutions.
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Eric Trules
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Released in United States February 19, 1999
Released in United States June 19, 2007
Released in United States on DVD June 19, 2007
Released in United States Winter February 19, 1999
Shown at Boston Film Festival September 10-19, 1999.
Shown at Cinequest 2000: The San Jose Film Festival (in competition), February 24 - March 5, 2000
b&w and color
rtg MPAA NONE
Released in United States February 19, 1999 (Laemmle's Grande 4 Plex; Los Angeles)
Released in United States Winter February 19, 1999
Released in United States June 19, 2007
Released in United States on DVD June 19, 2007
