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Raymond Carver: Dreams Are What You Wake Up From
Raymond Carver: Dreams Are What You Wake Up From
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Raymond Carver: Dreams Are What You Wake Up From

1989
1h
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

1989

Runtime

1h

Storyline

When Raymond Carver died in 1988, he was mourned as a national literary figure and shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize yet only ten years earlier he was marooned in a drying-out clinic. From his experiences, his alcoholism, bankruptcies, years spent in trailer parks and motel rooms, BBC 'Omnibus' shows how Carver produced stories and poems about the other side of the American dream - about the people whose dreams go belly-up.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h
Jan 1, 1989
Director
Daisy Goodwin
Production
BBC
BBC
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

9 Cast Members

Raymond Carver

Self (archive footage)

Jay McInerney

Self

Richard Ford

Self

Lavonda Archer

Self

Bill Archer

Self

Ella Carver

Self

Jerry King

Self

Jerry Davis

Self

Tess Gallagher

Self

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