Bound for Glory
film by Ashby [1976]
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discussed in biography
- In Hal Ashby: The 1970s
Ashby’s next film was Bound for Glory (1976), a biopic about the activist folk singer Woody Guthrie (David Carradine). Although it did not do well at the box office, the film was well received by critics; among its many Academy Award nominations was one for best picture.
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Oscars to Wexler for best cinematography and Rosenman for best original score and its adaptation or adaptation score, 1976
work by Guthrie
- In Woody Guthrie: Death and legacy
A film version of his book Bound for Glory appeared in 1976, and in 1998 Billy Bragg and alternative rockers Wilco released the critically acclaimed Mermaid Avenue, a collection of previously unrecorded lyrics by Guthrie that they had set to music; Mermaid Avenue Vol. II followed…
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