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Miller's Tale (2011)
Documentary, Biography

Miller's Tale (2011)

Documentary, Biography

Miller's Tale is a personal journey into the life of playwright and actor Jason Miller and his relationship with his hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Best known for his performance as Father Karras in The Exorcist, Miller was an equally ...See moreMiller's Tale is a personal journey into the life of playwright and actor Jason Miller and his relationship with his hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Best known for his performance as Father Karras in The Exorcist, Miller was an equally talented writer who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for his play That Championship Season. Miller experienced a brief but brilliant period of national acclaim, then curiously abandoned Hollywood to return to his hometown. After Miller died in a local bar Scranton, at the age of 62, filmmaker and fellow Scranton native Rebecca Marshall Ferris set out with her camera to talk to the women he loved, the friends he drank with, and the celebrities he worked with to find answers to some perplexing questions. Why did this exceptional playwright, who achieved such phenomenal early success, never write a Broadway play again? And what happened to Miller in Hollywood that would make him run away from a promising acting career? Miller's Tale traces the artist's intense rise to fame and fleeting creative peak. While Miller became largely forgotten by the world, he remains, even after death, a haunting presence in Scranton. Unlike a traditional biography film, Miller's Tale uses elements of cinema verite, travelogue, and first-person narration to examine the themes that weave our lives together: dreams of success, personal failure, and hometown pride. Written by Anonymous See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Bruce Dern Self Self See fewer	Nebraska (2013)
William Friedkin Self Self See fewer	To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Stacy Keach Self Self See fewer	Escape from L.A. (1996)
Jason Miller Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Exorcist (1973)
Martin Sheen Self Self See fewer	The Departed (2006)
Paul Sorvino Self Self See fewer	Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)