Miller's Tale
It's difficult getting to the top; it's more difficult staying there.
Overview
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?
Key Crew
Producer: Stephen Scalese, Rebecca Marshall
Director: Rebecca Marshall
Writer: Rebecca Marshall
Top Cast
Bruce Dern
Self
William Friedkin
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Stacy Keach
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Martin Sheen
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Paul Sorvino
Self
Jason Miller
Self (Archive Footage)
