“A tractor his brush. The crops his paint. New York City his Canvas.”
In 1994, real-life crop artist Stan Herd traveled from Kansas to Manhattan's Upper West Side to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump. The multi-acre artwork was made from soil, rock, plants and vegetation near an underground railway tunnel. Stan recruited a number of homeless individuals living in the tunnel to become his crew. Over the months it took to complete the earthwork, Stan dealt with a myriad of difficulties in bringing his unique, rural art form to an urban canvas and the many costs his art exacted upon his life. In the process, he unexpectedly encountered the true meaning of his art and it's ultimate, lasting rewards
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John Hawkes
Stan Herd
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Bruce MacVittie
Peter B. Kaplan
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Scott Allegrucci
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Laura Kirk
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Chris Ordal Director · Bruce Francis Cole Cinematographer Brad Roszell Editor
Budget $100K · United States release May 20, 2011 · Produced in United States
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$100,000
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United States
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English
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English
Release dates
United States · October 25, 2009
Premiere · Austin Film Festival
United States · May 20, 2011
Theatrical
United States
December 3, 2009 · Premiere · Santa Fe Film Festival
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