Several of us have known Dennis for over 20 years. It is hard to
describe everything that makes up a person on a webpage, but here is
some information about Dennis anyway.
Independent filmmakers Richard Searls and Molly O'Neill have produced a
17 minute tape of excerpts from an interview with Dennis in prison on
22 March 2004. If all goes well, they plan to produce a quality,
independent film.
The 36 Megabyte video clip can be viewed with Apple's Quicktime (which
works on PCs or Macs) or other video viewing software. The file
is large, so this option is realistically only available for those
with broadband Internet connections. Click
here for video. Quicktime can be downloaded here.
If you want to see the entire video and want to see the VHS version,
contact Trial and Error about borrowing a copy. If you would like
just the audio from the clip, click here for the audio from the video clip. If you just
want to see Dennis' words, click here for the transcript
of the video.
Upward Bound - at Bowdoin College, a Summer program
for promising high school students. Summers of 1974 and 1975
From an instructor: "Mouse [his high school nickname] went on The
Apprentice Shop trip, and worked fairly well although he also
complained a fair amount. While working, though, he opened up and
talked a lot about himself, his home, and school, and showed himself to
be very bright and aware of himself and his situation." (HS p. 83)
From French teacher: "Dennis is able to produce good work, often after
some slight encouragements. He has a nice and open personality,
sensitive to the others, and
often willing to help." HS. P. 83)
From Director of the Upward Program: "I, for one, saw an immense
improvement in Dennis' general maturity. Over and over again, in a
whole variety of situations, I saw Dennis' honesty and good judgment
replacing the rather immature, self-centered, sometimes whining
attitude that he seemed to have on occasion last summer." (HS, p. 83)
From the staff psychologist at Upward Bound: "Dennis presented himself
as an affable, friendly young man who was generally quiet, but he
definitely came across as a 'nice kid'. He worked consistently under
the direction of the examiner and showed very logical problem solving
skills in most of the tasks which he undertook. He obtained a full
scale score which places him in the 80th percentile, the Bright Normal
range of intelligence." (HS p. 83-84)
