Jack London: Sailor on Horseback

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Jeff Dwyer's script presents the daily experiences and dramatic events of the final three years of the life of Jack London. Despite his death in 1916, Jack London remains one of most popular writers in the world, known to millions of people by his many books and films for theatre (White Fang, 1990 and White Fang II, 1994) and television (Call of the Wild 1992 and 1997, Sea Wolf 1993). His adventurous early years as a sailor, Alaskan gold miner, writer, and war correspondent were dramatized in the 1943 film "Young Jack London" and documented in the 1935 biography by Irving Stone, Sailor On Horseback. There is no film of any vintage depicting the drama of the last three years of his life in which he struggled against vicious attacks on his character, chronic illness, and failure of his many dreams. Jeff Dwyer's screenplay follows Jack London through these dramatic years, ending with his death in 1916 at the age of 40. Based solidly on historical records, it includes many lines of dialogue taken from Jack's letters and Charmian London's memoirs. Voice-over lines are excerpts from London's novels Call of the Wild, Martin Eden, Valley of the Moon, and other writings.

Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures (fancy, right?)