“It's difficult getting to the top; it's more difficult staying there.”
Miller's Tale is a personal journey into the life of playwright and actor Jason Miller and his relationship with his hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Best known for his performance as Father Karras in The Exorcist, Miller experienced a brief but brilliant period of national acclaim, then curiously abandoned Hollywood to return to his hometown. After Miller died in a local bar Scranton, at the age of 62, filmmaker and fellow Scranton native Rebecca Marshall Ferris set out with her camera to find out why did this exceptional playwright, who achieved such phenomenal early success, never write a Broadway play again? And what happened to Miller in Hollywood that would make him run away from a promising acting career?
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6 people
Bruce Dern
Self
Known for
Nebraska
The Hateful Eight
Jason Miller
Himself (Archive Footage)
Known for
The Exorcist
The Ninth Configuration
William Friedkin
Self
Known for
Without Limits
Stacy Keach
Self
Known for
Prison Break
The Bourne Legacy
Martin Sheen
Self
Known for
Apocalypse Now
Catch Me If You Can
Paul Sorvino
Self
Known for
GoodFellas
Godfather of Harlem
Rebecca Marshall Director · Erin O'Hara Composer Bryan Gunnar Cole Editor
United States release March 5, 2011
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · March 5, 2011
Theatrical
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