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Bound for Glory (1976)
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland
Runtime147 min
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A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.
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Bound for Glory, Hal Ashby's 1976 biopic on folk singer Woody Guthrie, was widely acclaimed by critics as a powerful and moving portrait of the artist and the hardship of the Great Depression era. The film received several major awards, including Oscars for Best Cinematography and Best Original Song. With an IMDb rating of 7.5/10 and a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score, Bound for Glory is considered a critically acclaimed and audience-pleasing work that effectively captures Guthrie's life and musical legacy.
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Bound for Glory, the 1976 biopic directed by Hal Ashby, offers a captivating portrait of the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie. With David Carradine's nuanced performance at the center, the film immerses viewers in the hardships and resilience of America's working class during the Great Depression, showcasing Guthrie's powerful music and social consciousness.
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Bound for Glory is a 1976 American biographical film directed by Hal Ashby, produced by folk music impresario and Woody Guthrie's manager Harold Leventhal and loosely adapted by Robert Getchell from Guthrie's 1943 partly fictionalized autobiography Bound for Glory. The film stars David Carradine as folk singer Woody Guthrie, with Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, John Lehne, Ji-Tu Cumbuka and Randy Quaid. Much of the film is based on Guthrie's attempt to humanize the desperate Okie Dust Bowl refugees in California during the Great Depression.
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