Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves — Plot

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.

• Release date
• April 28, 2004
• Runtime
• 108 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Ross McElwee

Bright Leaves — Cast

Ross McElwee Himself - Narrator (voice)

B

Brian Baucom

S

Susan Bennett

E

Ed Bivens

R

R. Bullock

J

Jack Clayton

M

Mary Clayton

M

Marian Fitz-Simmons