- Country Music: The Spirit of America
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Country Music: The Spirit of America 
Theatrical release posterDirected by Steven Goldmann
Keith Melton
Tom NeffProduced by Executive Producer:
Clare Bisegelia
Producers:
Randy Scruggs
Tom NeffWritten by Tom Neff Narrated by Hal Holbrook Music by Randy Scruggs Cinematography Steven D. Smith
Rodney TaylorEditing by Barry Rubinow Distributed by IMAX
Giant Screen FilmsRelease date(s) June 2, 2003 Running time 45 minutes Country United States Language English Country Music: The Spirit of America (2003) is a documentary film, in the IMAX format, written and co-produced by Tom Neff and co-directed by Neff, Steven Goldmann and Keith Melton. Randy Scruggs was also a producer on the film and wrote the music score. The film traces the history of the United States in the 20th Century through country music, and is also known as Our Country.[1]
Contents
Cast
- Emily Lalande as Time Traveling Sprite
- Austin Stout as Austin
- Hannah Swanson as Time Traveling Sprite
- Benton Jennings as Comic Old West Cowboy
- Tommy Barnes as Stage Manager
- Terry Ike Clanton as Crazed Prisoner
- Tony Nudo as Joe, man at the train station
- Jaclynn Tiffany Brown as Fresh Faced Teen
Interviews and music performers
Critical reception
When the film was released, Jane Sumner, film critic for The Dallas Morning News, lauded the film, and wrote, "It's been three years coming. But now that it's here, the IMAX film Our Country, originally titled Twang, makes a rousing addition to this year's State Fair of Texas...Written and produced by Tom Neff, who produced the six-part TV miniseries America's Music: The Roots of Country for TBS, the documentary celebrates country music as a mirror of the American experience across 90 years... Vintage photos, archival news footage (including a shot of O.J. Simpson trying on that pesky glove) and Mr. Neff's intelligent, lyrical commentary, narrated by Hal "Deep Throat" Holbrook, trace the history of country music as it parallels the nation's."[2]
See also
- America's Music: The Roots of Country
- List of IMAX films
References
- ^ Our Country at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Sumner, Jane The Dallas Moning News, film review, Overnight Section, page 6-B, September 27, 2003.
External links
- Country Music: The Spirit of America at the Internet Movie Database
- Tom Neff interview at Big Movie Zone
- Our Country Teacher's Guide
Films directed by Tom Neff Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse • Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days • Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada • America's Music: The Roots of Country •
Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with Light • Country Music: The Spirit of America • Herb Alpert: Music for Your Eyes • Chances: The Women of Magdalene •
Categories:- English-language films
- 2003 films
- 2000s documentary films
- American country music
- American films
- American documentary films
- Documentary films about country music and musicians
- Films directed by Tom Neff
- IMAX films
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