This country is my country
Movie | |
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German title | This country is my country |
Original title | Bound for Glory |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1976 |
length | 148 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Hal Ashby |
script | Robert Getchell |
production |
Robert F. Blumofe , Harold Leventhal |
music | Leonard Rosenman |
camera | Haskell Wexler |
cut |
Robert C. Jones , Pembroke J. Herring |
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This Land is My Land is an American drama directed by Hal Ashby from 1976 and depicts the life of the American folk singer Woody Guthrie (1912–1967).
action
Woody lived in Texas with his wife Mary in the 1930s. As a stubborn casual worker, he lives with his wife in modest circumstances. As a tramp he tries to get to California. After a few difficulties he manages, but here too he only sees unemployment, hardship and hopelessness.
The singer Ozark visits the plantation workers with his guitar and tries to get them to join a union. He notices Woody and invites him to audition at a radio station. In fact, Woody made the leap and even got his own show in which he carried the union spirit forward. As a result, he meets with a lot of resistance.
criticism
“If you don't measure this film by its degree of loyalty to history, then you will still come across some unnecessary adornment and artistic will, but still have to acknowledge that Ashby made a film that is very rich and rounded in terms of characters and motifs which, even in its political fuzziness, still shows a logical and necessary politicization in a credible manner, does not withhold the price for it (private as well as economic) and at least spares Woody Guthrie's songs in the re-staging from any slipperiness. "
background
The singer Tim Buckley was intended for the role of Woody Guthrie , but he died before shooting began. For the first time the cameraman Garrett Brown used the steadicam he developed in a film.
Awards
- 1976 - Oscars in the categories Best Cinematography and Best Music , four other nominations
- 1976 - LAFCA Award for camera work
- 1976 - NBR Award for David Carradine as Best Actor
- 1977 - NSFC Award for camera work
See also
Web links
- Bound for Glory in the Internet Movie Database (English)