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Stone reader [digital videodisc] / produced and directed by Mark Moskowitz ; producer, Robert Goodman.

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[S.I.] : Jet Films, LLC ; New York, NY : Distributed by New Yorker Video, c2003.

Mossman, Dow. Stones of summer.

Authors and readers.

Literature -- History and criticism.

2 videodiscs (129 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Disc one. No one had heard of it -- What was I doing in 1972 -- Leslie Fiedler -- Maine -- Joseph Heller died today -- Obsessed -- Walk in the past -- I tried to help -- Box of Stones -- At last -- Pip in the graveyard -- Process is in you now Special features: Commentary [optional audio feature]; Other books [featurettes and text]; Web resources [text feature]; DVD credits [text feature].

Disc two. Special features: Betty Kelly (15 min.); Furthur conversations (24 min.); Leslie Fiedler: More from Stone Reader (6 min.); Leslie Fielder: From Firing Line (50 min.); A.S. Byatt & Toni Morrison (6 min.); Henry Roth: Connections across time (30 min.); Janet Maslin & Mark Moskowitz (20 min.); Featurette: What happened next (35 min.); Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival (9 min.); Deleted scenes (13 min.); Writers panel (13 min.); "First Story" by Cindy Stilwell (11 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Photo gallery.

In 1972, Mark Moskowitz, then 18, read John Seelye's review of The Stones of Summer in The New York Times Book Review and immediately bought a copy. He bogged down less than a hundred pages in and gave up, finally giving the yellowed paperback another pass in 1998. On that reading, the book struck a chord, and he saw why it was so rapturously received. Looking for more, Moskowitz did a search for Mossman works produced between 1972 and 1998--and found nothing. So he set out to find Mossman, pursuing countless dead ends, talking to critics, agents, book designers, and editors, none of whom had answers. A commercial producer by trade, Moskowitz grabbed a 16-mm camera to capture his hunt for posterity, and at its best, this documentary hints at the powerful author/audience bond that can transcend race, class, region, and time itself.

Winner, 2002 Slamdance International Film Festival Audience Award-Best Feature: Mark Moskowitz, and Jury Special Award: Mark Moskowitz.

MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

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