Bright Leaves
Director: Ross McElwee
Cast: Brian Baucom, Ed Bivens, Jack Clayton, Marian Fitz-Simmons, Mary Clayton, R. Bullock, Ross McElwee, Susan Bennett
Synopsis:
Cast: Brian Baucom, Ed Bivens, Jack Clayton, Marian Fitz-Simmons, Mary Clayton, R. Bullock, Ross McElwee, Susan Bennett
Synopsis:
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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Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
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Todd McCarthy
Washington Post
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Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Stephen Hunter
Spirituality & Practice
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
The Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
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Jesse Paddock
Film Journal International
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Rex Roberts
Flak Magazine
D.W. Young
D.W. Young
The New York Sun
Nathan Lee
Nathan Lee
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Georgia Straight
Paul Myers
Paul Myers
The Onion A.V. Club
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
