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Hal Ashby's film of Woody Guthrie's autobiography, BOUND FOR GLORY, recounts the protest singer's life starting when he's a young man with a wife and two children, trying to find work as a sign painter in the Dust Bowl-ravaged Texas of the 1930s. He leaves his wife, Mary (Melinda Dillon), with her family and, like thousands of .. Read more
| Starring | David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Randy Quaid |
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| Director | Hal Ashby |
| Genres | Drama |
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Great Biopic
Biopic of Woody Guthrie which swings between feeling like a real film to a TV film. The latter really only surfaces in some of the scenes and they don't ... read more »
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The Depression was indeed quite depressing.
Restless unemployed signwriter/musician in depression era Texas leaves his family and travels to California, where he finds some success playing on the radio, ... read more »
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Needed an editor
Very poor. Poor print, overlong, rambleing. Needed an editor. Should have been 90 min max. Watch the grapes of wrath instead.
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Stick with it!
This movie covers a relatively short period in Guthrie's life, during which he moves from Texas to California and becomes a broadcast artist. The start is ... read more »
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Bound for Beauty
I'm slowly making my way through Hal Ashby's filmography, shaking my head and wondering what could have been if this genius had lived a little longer. ... read more »
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Read the Book
Read the book, it's great and has loads of beautiful tales a few of which turn up adultarated in this film. This film is a travesty of the book and ... read more »
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Great Biopic
Biopic of Woody Guthrie which swings between feeling like a real film to a TV film. The latter really only surfaces in some of the scenes and they don't ... read more »
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Under-rated film tells it like it was
This is not only the true story of an influential folk singer who refused to compromise his principles and paid dearly as a result. It is also tells the story ... read more »
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Simplified biography of a great folk singer
Over long simplistic anodyne version of Woody Guthrie's biography - Carradine depicts him as a naive wandering minstrel who develops a social conscience.
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Charming biopic of Red Woody
Biopic of commie 1930s folk singer Woodie Guthrie.
Carradine plays Guthrie as a charming drifter, at once sacrificing his own well-being for the ... read more »
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Powerfully understated
Give yourself time for this film. It's pretty ramblin', kinda like it's protagonist, the original and best American folk hero, Woody Guthrie. David ... read more »