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Man from Plains 
Theatrical release posterDirected by Jonathan Demme Produced by Neda Armian Written by Jonathan Demme Starring Jimmy Carter
Rosalynn CarterMusic by Alejandro Escovedo Cinematography Declan Quinn Editing by Kate Amend Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics Release date(s) 2007 Running time 120 min 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 Jimmy Carter's book tour across America to publicize his new book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.[2][3][4] For the book promotion, Carter grants interviews to selected newspapers, magazines, and television shows. Some of these interviews include:
- CNN
- PBS
- Air America Radio
- NPR
- Chicago Life
- Los Angeles Times
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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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
- ^ a b 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'," 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", Toronto International Film Festival official website "film schedules", accessed September 10, 2007.
External links
Films directed by Jonathan Demme 1970s Caged Heat (1974) • Crazy Mama (1975) • Fighting Mad (1976) • Handle with Care (1977) • Last Embrace (1979)1980s Melvin and Howard (1980) • Who Am I This Time? (1982) • Swing Shift (1984) • Stop Making Sense (1984) • Something Wild (1986) • Swimming to Cambodia (1987) • Married to the Mob (1988)1990s The Silence of the Lambs (1991) • Cousin Bobby (1992) • Philadelphia (1993) • Storefront Hitchcock (1998) • Beloved (1998)2000s The Truth About Charlie (2002) • The Agronomist (2004) • The Manchurian Candidate (2004) • Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) • Man from Plains (2007) • Rachel Getting Married (2008) · Neil Young Trunk Show (2009)Categories:- American films
- 2007 films
- American documentary films
- English-language films
- Documentary films about American politicians
- Sony Pictures Classics films
- Jimmy Carter
- Documentary films about writers
- Biographical documentary film stubs
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