Bright Leaves / First Run Features.

McElwee family legend has it that the Hollywood melodrama Bright Leaf starring Gary Cooper as a 19th century tobacco grower is based on McElwee's great-grandfather who created the famous Bull Durham brand. Using this legacy as a jumping off point, McElwee reaches back to his roots in this wry, witty...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: Infobase (Film distributor)
First-Run Features (Firm)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : First Run Features, [2005]
Series:Films on Demand.
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Genre:
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 47 min., 20 sec)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Love of Movies (7:04); Semi-Biographical? (3:43); Duke Mansion (5:00); Arsonists (2:51); Connecting to Southern Heritage (4:50); Working on a Tobacco Farm (5:05); Old Tobacco Warehouse (2:57); Family of Doctors (4:49); Relationship with Tobacco (2:57); Tobacco Bidding (4:10); Duke Homestead (2:43); Learning about "Bright Leaf" (5:55); Return to McElwee Park (6:48); Attending a Party (5:55); Resentment and Anger (2:43); Day before the Wedding (4:46); Film Festival (5:24); Filming Like Smoking a Cigarette (3:06); Duke Tobacco Facilities (2:57); Duke University (3:11); Tobacco Industry (3:58); Exiled from Local History (5:00); Legacy of the Feud (3:09); The Tobacco Festival (5:33); Credits: Bright Leaves (2:31);