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He starved himself to death in jail two months later
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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

He starved himself to deathin jail two months later

He starved himself to death
in jail two months later

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He starved himself to death in jail two months later.
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Timestamp in Movie
00:27:36
Uploaded
Jun 30, 2025
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documentary
Production
Wildflame Productions

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Movie Summary

Frank Lloyd Wright is America's greatest ever architect. But few people know about the Welsh roots that shaped his life and world-famous buildings. Now, leading Welsh architect Jonathan Adams sets off across America to explore Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpieces for himself. Along the way, he uncovers the tempestuous life story of the man behind them, and the secrets of his radical Welsh background.
(sombre music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
(sombre music)
The years after the calamity were turbulent ones - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
The years after the calamity were turbulent ones
He had gone from the happiest time of his life - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
He had gone from the happiest time of his life
He threw himself into the rebuilding of Taliesin, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
He threw himself into the rebuilding of Taliesin,
When he returned to America, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
When he returned to America,
Instead, he turned to a new horizon - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
Instead, he turned to a new horizon
Wright received five commissions - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Wright received five commissions
The biggest and boldest of them - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
The biggest and boldest of them
If Taliesin is of the hill, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
If Taliesin is of the hill,
It's a mysterious interior place - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
It's a mysterious interior place
It's a building that perfectly suits its city, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
It's a building that perfectly suits its city,
For Frank Lloyd Wright, now 57 years old, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
For Frank Lloyd Wright, now 57 years old,
The design was inspired by the - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
The design was inspired by the
(tools clanking) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
(tools clanking)
As the building rose, steel rods - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
As the building rose, steel rods
Wright liked to say he was weaving here, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Wright liked to say he was weaving here,
You have the steel rods running along these joints, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
You have the steel rods running along these joints,
He also said that he wanted to elevate - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
He also said that he wanted to elevate
Entering the Ennis' House - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Entering the Ennis' House
The forbidding exterior really gives you - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
The forbidding exterior really gives you