Bright Leaves
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.
Cast
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Ross McElwee
Played Himself - Narrator (…
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Brian Baucom
Played
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Susan Bennett
Played
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Ed Bivens
Played
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R. Bullock
Played
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Jack Clayton
Played
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Mary Clayton
Played
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Marian Fitz-Simmons
Played
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Alan Gurganus
Played
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Steve Herman
Played
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Robbie Lane Jackson
Played
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Elizabeth King
Played
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Mack Lackey
Played
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Paula Larke
Played
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Jim Lewis
Played
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James MacDougal
Played
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Emily Madison
Played
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Matti McClain
Played
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Adrian McElwee
Played
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John McElwee
Played
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Tom McElwee
Played
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Jamie McPhail
Played
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Howard McPherson
Played
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Kathleen Money
Played
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Patricia Neal
Played
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Jamie Newnam
Played
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Vlada Petrić
Played
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Jack Rhodes
Played
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William E. Smith
Played
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Sherwood Stewart
Played
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Dooley Strange
Played
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Charleen Swansea
Played
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Kerry Walter
Played
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Ashzi Welborn
Played
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David Williamson
Played
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Kitty Fisher
Played
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Gary Cooper
Played (archive footage)
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Marilyn Levine
Played
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Ross McElwee Jr.
Played
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