David Carradine,
Ronny Cox,
Melinda Dillon,
Gail Strickland,
John Lehne
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Adapted by Robert Getchell from Woody Guthrie's autobiography, Hal Ashby's biopic portrays a few pivotal years in the life of the celebrated folk singer and social activist. In the Depression 1930s, M... read more
DVD Release Date: February 29, 2000
Stats: 100 reviews
Great performance by David Carradine but some of the domestic stuff plays a bit like a made for TV movie to me.
Hey look! Annother bare-bones DVD realease from MGM! I shouldn't complain, at least the transfer was decent which is way better than the usual from these clowns.
I could watch David Carradine and Ronny Cox sing duets all day, especially when it is being filmed by Haskell Wexler. The film looks beautiful and is more about Guthrie's music and its roots (almost a pre-cursor to Haynes' Bob Dylan bio-pic). The problem is that the movie rambles... read more
As a fan of Guthrie's music and someone who has always been oddly drawn to the stories of depression era America (it's so surreal!) I found this film to be enjoyable to spike the fact that it feels (at times) a bit "made for tv".
It is just as much a film about the period as i... read more
Directed by Hal Ashby, "Bound for Glory" is less a biopic of Woody Guthrie(David Carradine, in perhaps his best performance) than an origin story, set mostly in 1936.
And I know you're thinking that I should cut back on the comic books if I put a reference like that in a revie... read more
Carradine was great...good story...good companion to the Grapes of Wrath...this recession has nothing on that era...the absolute destituteness of folks..
The only thing they had was their DIGNITY...
Has the feel of a made for TV movie. I don't know enough about the dustbowl years of Guthrie's life to comment on authenticity, but the film does a good job of portraying what Guthrie stood for and the times & the experiences that shaped his songwriting.
Bound for Glory is outstanding biographical cinema, not only of the late Woody Guthrie but also of the 1930s Depression era which served to disillusion, inspire and radicalize him and millions of othe... Full Review
A moving, brilliantly photographed picture that portrays the legendary eccentric folksinger Woody Guthrie in a trip across Depression-era America. Full Review
Though made with an eye for the Bicentennial, this biopic of folk singer and union organizer Woody Guthrie didn't make any attempt to speak to contemporary viewers, which might explain its box-office ... Full Review
An overlong, sentimental and lifeless biopic of Woody Guthrie. Full Review
Hope you like folk music, because there isn't much variety to be found among his music. Neither is there much variety in the scenery. Full Review
A remarkably touching and humane film about Woody Guthrie Full Review
The major strengths of the movie are Haskell Wexler's cinematography and the score (both of which deservedly picked up Oscars): they create a sense of time and place perfectly in accord with the story. Full Review
Elegant, shamefully forgotten celebration of one of America's true patriots.
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