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Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves (2003)

Documentary | 107 minutes
3,11 9 votes

Genre: Documentary

Duration: 107 minuten

Country: United States / United Kingdom

Directed by: Ross McElwee

Stars: Ross McElwee

IMDb score: 7,1 (698)

Releasedate: 28 April 2004

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UK

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Bright Leaves plot

McElwee heads south for a movie that begins as an investigation into his genealogy. Visiting a cousin, a passionate film collector, he sees the film Bright Leaves, a classic 1950s melodrama starring Michael Curtiz's Gary Cooper, about a great tobacco industrialist who was shattered by his competition in a low way. The McElwees believe that the fallen tobacco giant in the film is their great-grandfather. The filmmaker then sets out to prove the family legend.

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Ross McElwee Ross McElwee

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Brian Baucom Brian Baucom

Susan Bennett Susan Bennett

Ed Bivens Ed Bivens

R. Bullock R. Bullock

Jack Clayton Jack Clayton

Mary Clayton Mary Clayton

Marian Fitz-Simmons Marian Fitz-Simmons

Alan Gurganus Alan Gurganus

Steve Herman Steve Herman

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