Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (1976)

ALL 01/01/1976 (en) Documentary 100 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1976
  • Production
    ONF | NFB
  • Rotten tomato
    57%
  • Original title
    Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

This feature-length Oscar®-nominated documentary focuses on Malcolm Lowry, author of one of the major novels of the 20th century, Under the Volcano. But while Lowry fought a winning battle with words, he lost his battle with alcohol. Shot on location in four countries, the film combines photographs, readings by Richard Burton from the novel and interviews with the people who loved and hated Lowry, to create a vivid portrait of the man.

  1. Story

  2. Editor

  3. Producer



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Casts

  1. Richard Burton

    Malcolm Lowry (voice)

  2. Donald Brittain

    Narrator (voice)

  3. Marjorie Bonner

    herself

  4. Arthur Calder-Marshall

    Himself

  5. Albert Russel Erskine

    Himself

  6. John Buchan

    Himself (Archive Footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 6 , Crews : 3

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Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (1976) 100 Min

ALL 01/01/1976 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 01/01/1976
  • Production
    ONF | NFB
  • Original title Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

This feature-length Oscar®-nominated documentary focuses on Malcolm Lowry, author of one of the major novels of the 20th century, Under the Volcano. But while Lowry fought a winning battle with words, he lost his battle with alcohol. Shot on location in four countries, the film combines photographs, readings by Richard Burton from the novel and interviews with the people who loved and hated Lowry, to create a vivid portrait of the man.

  1. John Kramer, Donald Brittain

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer