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.
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Ross McElwee Director
United States release October 12, 2003 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States · Production GBH, Homemade Movies
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Channel 4 Television
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GBH
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Homemade Movies
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First Run Features
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United Kingdom · United States
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English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 23, 2003
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · October 12, 2003
Premiere · New York Film Festival
United Kingdom · October 8, 2004
Theatrical
United States
February 6, 2004 · Premiere · Miami International Film Festival
April 9, 2004 · Premiere · Philadelphia International Film Festival
May 1, 2004 · Premiere · Nashville Film Festival
June 18, 2004 · Premiere · Provincetown International Film Festival
Austria
October 16, 2004 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
Canada
September 10, 2003 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
March 16, 2009 · Premiere · One World Film Festival
Denmark
November 7, 2003 · Premiere · CPH:DOX
France
April 2, 2004 · Premiere · Paris Film Festival
April 28, 2004 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 22, 2004 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
November 18, 2015 · Premiere · IDFA Festival
New Zealand
June 14, 2004 · Premiere · Auckland International Film Festival
Spain
September 18, 2020 · Premiere · Play-Doc
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