Written by James M. Tate / 6/11/2016 / No comments / biopic , david carradine , hal ashby , seventies
DAVID CARRADINE PLAYS WOODY GUTHRIE IN 'BOUND FOR GLORY'
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Beautiful Twilight Time Blu Ray for BOUND Movie Year: 1976 |
And sitting right beside him, within a vagabond strip of rough California land where people park and wait for work – while those who work, hardly earn a cent – is TV's KUNG FU star, all ready, willing and able to take the big screen by storm...
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Carradine, DAVID |
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Carradine, JOHN |
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MOVIE SCORE: ****1/2 |
As for the historic aspect of Guthrie's actual music, he never records any real tracks by the time the movie, which doesn't feel long at all, ends, and it's a wonder he ever became famous judging by this picture and how reluctant he was to stay-put and conform; BOUND is more of a baby step than complete stride. But it's extremely important, covering one man's journey across America. And a sequel would center on Guthrie hanging around New York with musician Pete Seeger and actor Will Geer, finally making money (not so evil if done in Show Business!), recording music, and then, for the final years of his life, slowly dying of a rare disease in a hospital... Yet GLORY is an optimistic picture, feeling more like Kerouac than Steinbeck, dead-centered on music and life, providing David Carradine, who can often sleepwalk through roles, the role of a lifetime. And while THE LAST DETAIL is arguably Hal Ashby's best movie, this is his visual canvas that, stretching as far as the eye can see in almost every exterior daytime shot, where most of the film takes place, is an aesthetic masterpiece, yes indeed!
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