Denver John Collins, Faye Dunaway, George Plimpton, Harold L. Humes, Harris Yulin ...( see more  see more... ) , Michael Witney , Norman Mailer , Stacy Keach , Timothy Leary , William Styron

A brilliant, precocious student (he began MIT at age16), Harold L. Humes (AKA Doc Humes. 1926-1992) became a meteoric literary phenomenon when in 1958 at age 32 he published The Underground City and i...( read more  read more... )n 1959 a second, equally acclaimed novel, Men Die. The novels, which take on timely themes of war, racism, politics, and conspiracy, have been out of print for almost 50 years. With fellow expatriates, Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton, Humes co-founded the prestigious literary journal, The Paris Review in 1953. Humes was a peripatetic "talking machine" (so dubbed by George Plimpton), who for decades charmed, confounded and infuriated his distinguished friends and far-flung family. Plimpton, Norman Mailer, Paul Auster, Peter Matthiessen, William Styron and Timothy Leary recall a Zelig-like figure who led protests against the cabaret card laws and for the right to sing in Washington Square Park. He championed the use of medical marijuana; built a paper house; shot a Beat film of Don Quixote called Don Peyote; and managed Mailer's 1961 run for Mayor of New York. Ultimately, Humes' literary aspirations were overshadowed by mental illness, including paranoia and broadcasting delusions.

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R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Frank Perry, Immy Humes

Release Date: August 1, 1971

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  • December 31, 2008
    Interesting take on the Earp/Holiday legend. A fairly accurate portrayal of Wyatt, but in the process, the most interesting character Doc Holiday, gets too soft.
  • February 20, 2008
    the best tv show i ever walched with billyray cyrus

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