Bright Leaves
Release Date: 2004-04-28
Rating : 6.9/10
Duration : 108 minutes
Genres : Documentary
Director : Ross McElwee
Writer :
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
Brian Baucom
Susan Bennett
Ed Bivens
R. Bullock
Jack Clayton