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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."

Cast

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Ross McElwee

as Himself - Narrator (voice)
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Brian Baucom

as

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Susan Bennett

as

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Ed Bivens

as

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R. Bullock

as

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Jack Clayton

as

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Mary Clayton

as

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Marian Fitz-Simmons

as

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Alan Gurganus

as

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Steve Herman

as

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Robbie Lane Jackson

as

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Elizabeth King

as

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Mack Lackey

as

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Paula Larke

as

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Jim Lewis

as

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James MacDougal

as

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Emily Madison

as

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Matti McClain

as

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Adrian McElwee

as

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John McElwee

as

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Tom McElwee

as

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Jamie McPhail

as

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Howard McPherson

as

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Kathleen Money

as

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Patricia Neal

as

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Jamie Newnam

as

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Vlada Petrić

as

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Jack Rhodes

as

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William E. Smith

as

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Sherwood Stewart

as

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Dooley Strange

as

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Charleen Swansea

as

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Kerry Walter

as

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Ashzi Welborn

as

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David Williamson

as

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Kitty Fisher

as

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Gary Cooper

as (archive footage)
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Marilyn Levine

as

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Ross McElwee Jr.

as

Crew

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Ross McElwee

Director
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Ross McElwee

Director of Photography
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Ross McElwee

Editor
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Ross McElwee

Producer
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Mark Meatto

Co-Editor
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Linda Morgenstern

Associate Producer
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Stan Sztaba

Post Production Supervisor
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Mark Meatto

Post Production Coordinator
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Richard Bock

Sound Mixer
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Adrian McElwee

Additional Camera