Bright Leaves(2004)

Name: Bright Leaves
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004
Cast: Ross McElwee, Brian Baucom, Susan Bennett, Ed Bivens, R. Bullock

108 min★ 7.0 TMDBDocumentary

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.

Directed byRoss McElwee

Cast

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
R
Robbie Lane Jackson
E
Elizabeth King
M
Mack Lackey
P
Paula Larke
J
Jim Lewis

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