Raymond Carver: Dreams Are What You Wake Up From (1989)

When Raymond Carver died in 1988, he was mourned as a national literary figure and shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize yet only ten years earlier he was marooned in a drying-out clinic. From his experiences, his alcoholism, bankruptcies, years spent in trailer parks and motel rooms, BBC 'Omnibus' shows how Carver produced stories and poems about the other side of the American dream - about the people whose dreams go belly-up.

Cast (9)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

R

Raymond Carver

Self (archive footage)

Jay McInerney

Self

R

Richard Ford

Self

L

Lavonda Archer

Self

B

Bill Archer

Self

E

Ella Carver

Self

J

Jerry King

Self

J

Jerry Davis

Self

T

Tess Gallagher

Self

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