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Cast & Crew
Immy Humes
Evan Benjamin
Anne-lise Bruening
Marcia Bujold
Douglas Cheek
Mona Davis
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Synopsis
A brilliant, precocious student (he began MIT at age16), Harold L. Humes (AKA Doc Humes. 1926-1992) became a meteoric literary phenomenon when in 1958 at age 32 he published The Underground City and in 1959 a second, equally acclaimed novel, Men Die. The novels, which take on timely themes of war, racism, politics, and conspiracy, have been out of print for almost 50 years. With fellow expatriates, Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton, Humes co-founded the prestigious literary journal, The Paris Review in 1953. Humes was a peripatetic "talking machine" (so dubbed by George Plimpton), who for decades charmed, confounded and infuriated his distinguished friends and far-flung family. Plimpton, Norman Mailer, Paul Auster, Peter Matthiessen, William Styron and Timothy Leary recall a Zelig-like figure who led protests against the cabaret card laws and for the right to sing in Washington Square Park. He championed the use of medical marijuana; built a paper house; shot a Beat film of Don Quixote called Don Peyote; and managed Mailer's 1961 run for Mayor of New York. Ultimately, Humes' literary aspirations were overshadowed by mental illness, including paranoia and broadcasting delusions.
Director
Immy Humes
Crew
Evan Benjamin
Anne-lise Bruening
Marcia Bujold
Douglas Cheek
Mona Davis
Angela Edwards
Antonio Ferrera
Roger Grange
Michael Heyman
Immy Humes
Immy Humes
Immy Humes
Mead Hunt
Hannah Ireland
Zev Katz
Thomas Libetti
Rupa Parekh
Steve Pequignot
Steve Pequignot
Steve Pequignot
Caitlin Teal Price
Claudia Raschke
Susanne Rostock
Oren Rudavsky
Wendy Schantzer
David Schwittek
Patricia Soledad Llosa
Annie Vought
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Released in United States January 23, 2008
Released in United States Winter January 23, 2008
DV
color and b&w
rtg MPAA NONE
Released in United States January 23, 2008 (New York City)
Released in United States Winter January 23, 2008
