MOVIE

Bright Leaves

Name: Bright Leaves
Released: 2004-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 71

Apr 28, 20041h 48m76

Description

Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern traditions associated with tobacco growing and use, while comparing his filmmaking to commercial cinema, represented by Bright Leaf, a melodrama directed by Michael Curtiz in 1950, starring Gary Cooper, apparently based on the life of his great-grandfather.

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Genres

Documentary

Cast

Ross McElwee
Director
Ross McElwee
Himself - Narrator (voice)
B
Brian Baucom
S
Susan Bennett
E
Ed Bivens
R
R. Bullock
J
Jack Clayton
M
Mary Clayton
M
Marian Fitz-Simmons
A
Alan Gurganus
S
Steve Herman

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Rating

76Combined

TMDB68
IMDb71
Metacritic79
Rotten Tomatoes85

Details

Release date: April 28, 2004
Runtime: 1h 48m