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Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (1976)
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A documentary on the life of the alcoholic writer Malcolm Lowry, interspersed with readings of Lowry's work by Richard Burton...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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An excellent story of a stuggling writer
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Cast
 | Marjorie Bonner | ... | Herself |
| Donald Brittain | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| John Buchan | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Richard Burton | ... | Malcolm Lowry (voice) |
| Arthur Calder-Marshall | ... | Himself |
| Albert Russel Erskine | ... | Himself |
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| Donald Brittain | |||
| John Kramer | |||
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| Donald Brittain | ||
Produced by | |||
| Donald Brittain | .... | producer | |
| James de B. Domville | .... | executive producer | |
| Robert A. Duncan | .... | producer (as R.A. Duncan) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Alain Clavier | |||
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| Douglas Kiefer | |||
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| John Kramer | |||
Sound Department | |||
| Michel Descombes | .... | sound re-recordist | |
| Les Halman | .... | sound editor | |
| Jean-Pierre Joutel | .... | sound re-recordist | |
| James MacCarthy | .... | sound recordist (as James McCarthy) | |
| Abby Jack Neidik | .... | sound editor (as Abby Neidik) | |
| Ken Pagé | .... | post sync effects | |
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| Jacques Avoine | .... | animation camera | |
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| Art Phillips | .... | jazz arrangements | |
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- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
- Cinema 5 Distributing (1977) (USA)
- Criterion Collection, The (2007) (USA) (DVD)
- National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
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"Volcano" - Canada (English title) (short title)
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This documentary tells the story of the life of Malcolm Lowry. He was a gifted writer that fell heavily into drinking. His life became a downward spiral as he attempted to write his book, "Under the Volcano". The documentary does a superb job at describing this author's life in vivid detail and shows people that most artists and others who are geniuses at their work usually have the most difficult lives. Lowry had such an interesting life story that stunned me that he never gave up writing no matter how awful his life was becoming. He went from going to a nice university in Britain, to living in a shack in British Columbia (which gets burned down, with his work in it). Recommened viewing for anyone interested in the lives of artists.