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Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

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Music director
  
Alain Clavier

Duration
  

Country
  
Canada

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Documentary

Screenplay
  
Donald Brittain

Writer
  
Donald Brittain

Language
  
English

Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry movie poster

Director
  
Donald Brittain John Kramer

Release date
  
1976 (1976)

Initial release
  
October 19, 1977 (New York City)

Directors
  
Donald Brittain, John Kramer

Cast
  
Richard Burton
(Malcolm Lowry (voice)),
Donald Brittain
(Narrator (voice)),
Marjorie Bonner
(herself),
John Buchan
(Himself (archive footage)),
Arthur Calder-Marshall
(Himself),
Albert Russel Erskine
(Himself)

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Volcano an inquiry into the life and death of malcolm lowry


Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry is a 1976 Canadian documentary film about writer Malcolm Lowry. Written and directed by Donald Brittain and John Kramer, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and won the Canadian Film Award for Best Documentary Over 30 Minutes.

Contents

It can currently be seen as a bonus feature on the Criterion Collection DVD release of Under the Volcano.

Cast

  • Richard Burton as Malcolm Lowry (voice)
  • References

    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry Wikipedia
    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry IMDb Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry themoviedb.org