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Bright Leaves

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2004 · 1h 48m
Documentary
Starring Ross McElwee · Adrian McElwee · John McElwee
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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.

DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 21, 2005
Director
Ross McElwee
Producers
Ross McElwee, Linda Morgenstern
Studio
Channel 4 Television, GBH, Homemade Movies
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Cast

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R
Ross McElwee
Himself - Narrator (voice)
A
Adrian McElwee
J
John McElwee
P
Patricia Neal
V
Vlada Petrić
C
Charleen Swansea
G
Gary Cooper
(archive footage)
M
Marilyn Levine
R
Ross McElwee Jr.

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