Bright Leaves
Bright Leaves

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North Carolina produces more tobacco than any other state in America. Bright Leaves describes a journey taken across the social, economic, and psychological tobacco terrain of North Carolina by a native Carolinian, Ross McElwee, whose great-grandfather created the famous brand of tobacco known as Bull Durham. The comedic chronicle is a subjective, autobiographical meditation on the allure of cigarettes and their troubling legacy for the state of North Carolina. It's also a fi... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Bright Leaves:

Ross McElwee
Brian Baucom
Susan Bennett
Ed Bivens
R. Bullock
Jack Clayton

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North Carolina produces more tobacco than any other state in America. Bright Leaves describes a journey taken across the social, economic, and psychological tobacco terrain of North Carolina by a native Carolinian, Ross McElwee, whose great-grandfather created the famous brand of tobacco known as Bull Durham. The comedic chronicle is a subjective, autobiographical meditation on the allure of cigarettes and their troubling legacy for the state of North Carolina. It's also a film about family history, addiction, denial, and filmmaking--as McElwee, noted director of Sherman's March, grapples with the legacy of an obscure Hollywood melodrama that is purportedly based on this curious man that was his great-grandfather.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/10 by Eleanor Ringel CaterA witty and sometimes touching tale of film, family and lung cancer.
San Francisco Chronicle - 10/10 by Carla MeyerBright Leaves' takes on a sizable foe -- in this case, big tobacco -- but with such grace and wit that his message never seems medicinal.
Christian Science Monitor - 10/10 by David SterrittDeeply personal, morally alert, and highly entertaining.
Hollywood Reporter - 10/10 by Frank ScheckThis is one subject for which the passion of Michael Moore would be more appropriate.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 10/10 by Eleanor Ringel GillespieA witty and sometimes touching tale of film, family and lung cancer.
New York Daily News - 10/10 by Jack MathewsThis might have come off as both self-indulgent and preachy if McElwee weren't so persuasively earnest. "Bright Leaves" becomes both a mystery and memoir in progress and though the filmmaker does not find the truth he is looking for, it was clearly a quest worth undertaking.
One Guy's Opinion - 9/10 by Frank SwietekTouches on serious matters with a sly, self-deprecating sense of humor that makes receiving its messages a pleasure rather than a chore.
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 9/10 by Colin CovertMcElwee's autobiographical films ... are leisurely jaunts with a gentle humor that never mocks his subjects.
Slant Magazine - 9/10 by Ed GonzalezOstensibly about an epic betrayal, Bright Leaves spirals beautifully in a hundred different directions.
The New York Times - 9/10 by Stephen HoldenBy the end of this reflective, wise, often hilarious movie, you feel as though he (McElwee) has slapped a huge chunk of raw, palpitating life onto the screen.

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