Bright Leaves
28/04/2004
2h
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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.
Cast
Ross McElwee
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Brian Baucom
Susan Bennett
Ed Bivens
R. Bullock
Jack Clayton
Mary Clayton
Marian Fitz-Simmons
Alan Gurganus
Steve Herman
Robbie Lane Jackson
Elizabeth King
Mack Lackey
Paula Larke
Jim Lewis
James MacDougal
Emily Madison
Matti McClain
Adrian McElwee
John McElwee
Tom McElwee
Jamie McPhail
Howard McPherson
Kathleen Money
Patricia Neal
Jamie Newnam
Vlada Petrić
Jack Rhodes
William E. Smith
Sherwood Stewart
Dooley Strange
Charleen Swansea
Kerry Walter
Ashzi Welborn
David Williamson
Kitty Fisher
Gary Cooper
(archive footage)
Marilyn Levine
Ross McElwee Jr.
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