Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves by Ross McElwee

6.90

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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Cast

Ross McElwee

Ross McElwee as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Brian Baucom

Brian Baucom as

Susan Bennett

Susan Bennett as

Ed Bivens

Ed Bivens as

R. Bullock

R. Bullock as

Jack Clayton

Jack Clayton as

Mary Clayton

Mary Clayton as

Marian Fitz-Simmons

Marian Fitz-Simmons as

Alan Gurganus

Alan Gurganus as

Steve Herman

Steve Herman as

Robbie Lane Jackson

Robbie Lane Jackson as

Elizabeth King

Elizabeth King as

Mack Lackey

Mack Lackey as

Paula Larke

Paula Larke as

Jim Lewis

Jim Lewis as

James MacDougal

James MacDougal as

Emily Madison

Emily Madison as

Matti McClain

Matti McClain as

Adrian McElwee

Adrian McElwee as

John McElwee

John McElwee as

Tom McElwee

Tom McElwee as

Jamie McPhail

Jamie McPhail as

Howard McPherson

Howard McPherson as

Kathleen Money

Kathleen Money as

Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal as

Jamie Newnam

Jamie Newnam as

Vlada Petrić

Vlada Petrić as

Jack Rhodes

Jack Rhodes as

William E. Smith

William E. Smith as

Sherwood Stewart

Sherwood Stewart as

Dooley Strange

Dooley Strange as

Charleen Swansea

Charleen Swansea as

Kerry Walter

Kerry Walter as

Ashzi Welborn

Ashzi Welborn as

David Williamson

David Williamson as

Kitty Fisher

Kitty Fisher as

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper as (archive footage)

Marilyn Levine

Marilyn Levine as

Ross McElwee Jr.

Ross McElwee Jr. as

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