Roughing It

Even success hasn't made Samuel Clemens (Oscar nominee, Emmy and Golden Globe winner James Garner, Breathing Lessons) a happy man. Instead of devoting his talent to "serious matters" he's wasted them on yarns- as Mark Twain, a mere humorist. Now, asked to speak to Bryn Mawr's graduating class of 1891, he's filled with dread. His wife Lucy (Golden Globe winner Jill Eikenberry, L.A. Law) has faith in him- as a loving husband, a devoted father, and an extraordinary writer. He needn't have worried. In front of an enraptured crowd, the masterful story teller unfolds the tale of a polite greenhorn (Robin Dunne, The Circle, as a young Sam) from the East initiated into the rough and tumble society of the raw Western frontier. (Verleiher-Text)