| Man from Plains | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jonathan Demme |
| Written by | Jonathan Demme |
| Produced by | Neda Armian |
| Starring | Jimmy Carter Rosalynn Carter |
| Cinematography | Declan Quinn |
| Edited by | Kate Amend |
| Music by | Djamel Benyelles Alejandro Escovedo Florent Prabel |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $108,807[1] |
Man from Plains (originally titled He Comes in Peace) is a 2007 American documentary film written and directed by Jonathan Demme, which chronicles former President of the United States Jimmy Carter's book tour across America to publicize his book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.[2][3][4] For the book promotion, Carter grants interviews to selected newspapers, magazines, and television shows, such as CNN, PBS, Air America Radio, NPR, Chicago Life, Los Angeles Times, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Festival screenings
Man from Plains debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2007.[5] The film won 3 awards at the 2007 Venice Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize, EIUC Award and Biografilm Award.
Box office
The film grossed $108,807.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains The Numbers - Movie Box Office Data, Film Stars, Idle Speculation, accessed May 1, 2011.
- ↑ Chris Tilly, "Demme 'Comes in Peace'," Archived 2007-05-26 at the Wayback Machine The Time Out Movie Blog: This Week's Top Stories from the Movie World (TOMB), Time Out London December 5, 2006, accessed January 23, 2007.
- ↑ Borys Kitt and Nicole Sperling, "Demme Helms Docu on Carter for Participant", The Hollywood Reporter December 6, 2006, accessed May 3, 2007.
- ↑ Nick Paumgarten, "Jimmy Carter Aloft", The New Yorker December 11, 2006, accessed May 3, 2007.
- ↑ "Man from Plains Jonathan Demme" Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Toronto International Film Festival official website "film schedules", accessed September 10, 2007.
External links
- Man From Plains Participant Media
- An intimate, surprising encounter with President Jimmy Carter Take Part
- Man from Plains at IMDb
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