Storyline
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.
Released
4/28/2004
Runtime
1h 48min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Channel 4 Television, GBH, Homemade Movies
Cast
Ross McElwee
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Brian Baucom
Acting
Susan Bennett
Acting
Ed Bivens
Acting
R. Bullock
Acting
Jack Clayton
Acting
Mary Clayton
Acting
Marian Fitz-Simmons
Acting
Alan Gurganus
Acting
Steve Herman
Acting
Robbie Lane Jackson
Acting
Elizabeth King
Acting
Mack Lackey
Acting
Paula Larke
Acting
Jim Lewis
Acting
James MacDougal
Acting
Emily Madison
Acting
Matti McClain
Acting
Adrian McElwee
Acting
John McElwee
Acting
Tom McElwee
Acting
Jamie McPhail
Acting
Howard McPherson
Acting
Kathleen Money
Acting
Patricia Neal
Acting
Jamie Newnam
Acting
Vlada Petrić
Directing
Jack Rhodes
Acting
William E. Smith
Acting
Sherwood Stewart
Acting
Dooley Strange
Acting
Charleen Swansea
Acting
Kerry Walter
Acting
Ashzi Welborn
Acting
David Williamson
Acting
Kitty Fisher
Acting
Gary Cooper
(archive footage)
Marilyn Levine
Directing
Ross McElwee Jr.
Acting
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