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Bright Leaves
★ 7.0· 2004· 108 min· Popularity 0
Documentary
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.
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Release Date: 4/28/2004
Runtime: 108 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Ross McElwee
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Companies: Channel 4 Television, GBH, Homemade Movies
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
