Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves (2004)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2004-04-28
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 15 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 48min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Channel 4 Television
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Director: Ross McElwee
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Trailer

Summary

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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  • Ross McElwee

    as Himself - Narrator (voice)

  • Brian Baucom

    as

  • Susan Bennett

    as

  • Ed Bivens

    as

  • R. Bullock

    as

  • Jack Clayton

    as

  • Mary Clayton

    as

  • Marian Fitz-Simmons

    as

  • Alan Gurganus

    as

  • Steve Herman

    as

  • Robbie Lane Jackson

    as

  • Elizabeth King

    as

  • Mack Lackey

    as

  • Paula Larke

    as

  • Jim Lewis

    as

  • James MacDougal

    as

  • Emily Madison

    as

  • Matti McClain

    as

  • Adrian McElwee

    as

  • John McElwee

    as

  • Tom McElwee

    as

  • Jamie McPhail

    as

  • Howard McPherson

    as

  • Kathleen Money

    as

  • Patricia Neal

    as

  • Jamie Newnam

    as

  • Vlada Petrić

    as

  • Jack Rhodes

    as

  • William E. Smith

    as

  • Sherwood Stewart

    as

  • Dooley Strange

    as

  • Charleen Swansea

    as

  • Kerry Walter

    as

  • Ashzi Welborn

    as

  • David Williamson

    as

  • Kitty Fisher

    as

  • Gary Cooper

    as (archive footage)

  • Marilyn Levine

    as

  • Ross McElwee Jr.

    as
Directing Ross McElwee Director
Camera Ross McElwee Director of Photography
Camera Adrian McElwee Additional Camera
Production Mark Meatto Post Production Coordinator
Sound Richard Bock Sound Mixer
Editing Ross McElwee Editor
Production Linda Morgenstern Associate Producer
Production Ross McElwee Producer
Crew Stan Sztaba Post Production Supervisor
Editing Mark Meatto Co-Editor