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Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots (2015)

ALL 12/28/2015 (en) Documentary 59 Min
  • Release
    12/28/2015
  • Production
    Heartland Films, WFYI TV
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  • Original title
    Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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Overview

He was one of the best-selling authors of the 20th Century. His books became movies. His writings became music. He became an icon. He was Kurt Vonnegut. First, though, he was just a kid from Indianapolis, whose early idyllic life turned tragic. Things got tougher in World War II, when he was captured by the Germans and survived the Dresden firebombing. He overcame all of that to become a literary lion who was both proud of--and frustrated with--his hometown. But as his friend Morley Safer said, he never lost his Hoosier roots. Narrated by NPR Anchor Steve Inskeep, A Writer's Roots talks with Kurt's family and friends, including his daughter, Nan Vonnegut, and fellow writers Morley Safer, Dan Wakefield and James Alexander Thom.

  1. Kevin Finch

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor



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  1. Kurt Vonnegut

    Self (Archive Footage)

  2. Morley Safer

    Self (Archive Footage)

  3. Dan Wakefield

    Self

  4. Steve Inskeep

    Narrator

  5. James Alexander Thom

    Self

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Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots (2015) 59 Min

ALL 12/28/2015 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 12/28/2015
  • Production
    Heartland Films, WFYI TV
  • Original title Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

He was one of the best-selling authors of the 20th Century. His books became movies. His writings became music. He became an icon. He was Kurt Vonnegut. First, though, he was just a kid from Indianapolis, whose early idyllic life turned tragic. Things got tougher in World War II, when he was captured by the Germans and survived the Dresden firebombing. He overcame all of that to become a literary lion who was both proud of--and frustrated with--his hometown. But as his friend Morley Safer said, he never lost his Hoosier roots. Narrated by NPR Anchor Steve Inskeep, A Writer's Roots talks with Kurt's family and friends, including his daughter, Nan Vonnegut, and fellow writers Morley Safer, Dan Wakefield and James Alexander Thom.

  1. Kevin Finch

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Kevin Finch, Jim Hall

    Producer



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