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Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

Genres
Documentary
Rating
4.4
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date2008-09-26
Runtime97 mins

Overview

A look at the life and work of American publisher Barney Rosset, who struggled to bring controversial works like "Tropic of Cancer" and "Naked Lunch" to publication.

Cast & Crew

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Barney Rosset

as Self

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Amiri Baraka

as Self

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William S. Burroughs

as Self (archive footage)

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Jim Carroll

as Self

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

as Self

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John Sayles

as Self

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Gore Vidal

as Self

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John Waters

as Self

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John Rechy

as Self

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