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I love David Carradine's performance in this fictional dramatization of Woody Guthrie's interesting life--much like David's own life. I knew him when we were neighbors in Sunland, CA and his own genius has been chased by many similar demons of his own design. He told me once that he favored this role and was comfortable with his performance. If you like him in this movie, you might really be taken with his work in "Six Against the Rock" and "Gray Lady Down". I was watching Woody Guthrie's biography on the Public Television Channel and remembered David's great rendition of Woody's life, which, like him, I hadn't seen in many years. I had to purchase it because the local video rental store out here in Mayberry didn't have it.
This is an excellent movie of the true story of Woody Guthrie the folk singer of the 1930's. It is about his fight for the American people and forming Unions. It is well worth the watch! Woody did the right things because he cared for the less fortunate people. He could have had fame and fortune but instead he fought for the people. He was a true American hero, if you ask me. From the life of a hobo to riches, he always did the right thing. This movie has a lot of trains and is very nicely filmed. It gives you the feel of what it was like to live in the depression era. I thought that the movie should have showed a bit more of his life after he decided against fame, but that was just a small disappointment. It does end with a smile but yet it could have gone on a bit longer to show the rest of his life. The movie is 2 hours and 26 minutes long. By strumming his guitar with words of inspiration, Woody Guthrie instilled hope in the hearts of downtrodden Americans everywhere during the 1930's Depression :)Read full review
First off I was looking forward to seeing this movie...it doesn't play!...I watch other movies on my DVD player with not a problem... I've tried over and over to play this disc but it just doesn't play...it came packaged and sealed...but it won't play!. . What to do?...
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In the middle of the bio of Woody Guthrie his character is singing the ballad of 28 Mexican workers who were being deported from Oakland, Calif to Mexico when their plane crashed in Coalinga, Ca. The Mexicans were buried in a mass grave with no markers in the Catholic cemetery in Fresno, Ca and this was all brought to lite when writer Tim Z. Hernandez was doing research for his classic book Manana Means Heaven and then he wrote his second book entitled "All they will call you is Deportee." This is a little part of the movie and I was surprised they included it in the movie but it shows the depth of Woodies ballads. I added this DVD in the Chicano Research Center under deportation and Mexican farm workers.
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Very good movie about the Great Depression with David Carradine as folk musician Woody Guthrie.
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i thought this was a very realistic portrayal of challenges faced by americans during the dust bowl years, and a fair tribute to those living during these times, i found David Carradine’s performance to be very sensitive
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Very entertaining !
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great film if you are into folk music and Woody Guthrie
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a good historic film about a time not to be forgotten
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Thank you for the great movie with closed caption. You're blessed. 😊 Have a blessed life ahead.
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