only one copy?
i am astounded that any movie
starring gary cooper, patricia neal and lauren bacall
(bright leaf) has been reduced to only one extant copy.
how can i get in touch with the current owner of the film?
I'm curious how you know that there's only one copy?
I saw this many many years ago on late-nite TV, which makes it eerie to think that it's now virtually impossible to find.
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I'm curious how you know that there's only one copy?i read several articles during september of last year
about a pbs documentary
on the subject.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%22bright+leaves%22+%22Ross+McElwee%22&btnG=Search share
Hmm, most of those links are for Ross McElwee's documentary of the same name (BRIGHT LEAVES) -- does he reference the older Cooper film?
I'll search through the links more to see if a different article exists about the older film.
But going offtopic -- I've only seen one film by McElwee, but loved it (SHERMAN'S MARCH). I'd highly recommend it, and for the same reason I'll keep an eye out for this new one, BRIGHT LEAVES. (Thanks, this conversation is yeilding a serendipitous bonus for me)
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"...does he reference the older Cooper film?"as i recollect from the articles,
his documentary claims the movie
is about one of his relatives
and offers details. share
as i recollect from the articles,Yeah, it's kind of the MacGuffin of the the McElwee doc -- the whole film is centered around it. As I remember, near the end of the thing he actually sees the movie... and it's not that good!
his documentary claims the movie
is about one of his relatives
and offers details.
Five cents, please. share
Swift, that McElwee film is terrific -- very thoughtful and perceptive. (Mrs. Mr. Book and I got it as part of a grab bag of movies, music, and books that we got as a wedding present from a certain Irish friend of ours.) And it's simultaneously very personal and a really-and-for-true documentary. The guy's a true filmmaker, one of those people like SPiELBERT and Scorsese, who just have it in their blood and see the whole world through film. I haven't seen Sherman's March yet, though I've wanted to for years, well before I knew of Bright Leaves; it's currently resting comfortably in the middle of my NFlix queue.
It's amazing to me that this little documentary by this guy working out of his house is more well known than a Hollywood movie starring Gary Cooper and Lauren Bacall (and directed by Michael "Mr. Casablanca" Curtiz, no less), and is even the only reason many people know about the older film in the first place. Strange.
Five cents, please.
What's even stranger is that the last time I even thought of McElwee in many years (and mind you, I saw SHERMAN'S MARCH many many years ago, when it was first released, so it was a LONG time) ... was last Fall --
talking to a certain Irish friend of ours!
He was recommending some McElwee flick -- don't think it was BRIGHT LEAF -- and I started telling him about SHERMAN'S MARCH. And that was a weird coincidence because we were standing on a vintage-era covered bridge from the Civil War days.
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In the McElwee documentary, "Bright Leaves," BRIGHT LEAF is screened by the owner of the print. I believe he lives in North Carolina. Maybe McElwee can intercede for us!
I love McElwee's work. I saw him at a film festival Q&A, probably 20 years ago. What a droll guy. "Sherman's March" is one of my favorites from the 80s.