Bright Leaves
IMDB:
6.8
Released
4/28/2004
Duration
1h 48m
Genre
Documentary
Country
United Kingdom
Cast
Ross McElwee, Brian Baucom, Susan Bennett
Overview
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.
Bright Leaves
IMDB:
6.8Released
4/28/2004
Genre
Documentary
Cast
Ross McElwee, Brian Baucom, Susan Bennett
Duration
1h 48m
Country
United Kingdom
Overview
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
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Ross McElwee
Unknown Role
Brian Baucom
Unknown Role
Susan Bennett
Unknown Role
Ed Bivens
Unknown Role
R. Bullock
Unknown Role
Jack Clayton
Unknown Role
Mary Clayton
Unknown Role
Marian Fitz-Simmons
Unknown Role
Alan Gurganus
Unknown Role
Steve Herman
Unknown Role
Robbie Lane Jackson
Unknown Role
