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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?
Bruce Dern
Self
William Friedkin
Self
Stacy Keach
Self
Martin Sheen
Self
Paul Sorvino
Self
Joan Churchill
Additional Camera
Eileen Brennan
Additional Music
Rebecca Marshall
Director
Rebecca Marshall
Producer
Rebecca Marshall
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