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John Kennedy Toole: The Omega Point

John Kennedy Toole: The Omega Point

2009•57m•NR•Documentary

The life story of Pulitzer Prize winning author John Kennedy Toole as told by friends and colleagues. Legacy format production, representational photography and an original music score combine to bring the author's life into focus. His personal triumphs, his untimely death and the publication of the novel, 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' years after his suicide are all explored in this darkly beautiful first person narrative.

Joseph Sanford · Writer

Joseph Sanford · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime57m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 1, 2009

Actors

Michael Arata

Michael Arata

Narrator

Thelma Ducoing Toole

Self (Archive Footage)

Joseph Sanford

Narrator

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