Rate: Bright Leaves
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[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]Calorie Rating: 150
Released: 2004-04-28
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Homepage: http://rossmcelwee.com/brightleaves.html
Studios: Channel 4 Television, GBH, Homemade Movies,
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.