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Bright Leaves

2004 1h 48m 7Movie
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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Ross McElwee

Director, Writer

Top Cast

Ross McElwee

Ross McElwee

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Brian Baucom

Susan Bennett

Ed Bivens

R. Bullock

Jack Clayton

Mary Clayton

Marian Fitz-Simmons

Alan Gurganus

Steve Herman

Robbie Lane Jackson

Elizabeth King

Mack Lackey

Paula Larke

Jim Lewis

James MacDougal

Emily Madison

Matti McClain

Adrian McElwee

Adrian McElwee

John McElwee

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