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User Rating:
6.3/10   210 votes
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Director:
Pare Lorentz
Writer:
Pare Lorentz (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 May 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary | Short | Drama | History more
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Not appreciated more (12 total)

Cast

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Thomas Chalmers ... Narrator (voice)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
25 min | Argentina:28 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
USA:Unrated | Argentina:Unrated
Company:
Resettlement Administration more

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Trivia:
Three of the four cameramen (all but Paul Ivano) who worked on this film were fired by director/writer Pare Lorentz. Basically, they considered him too verbally script-oriented and not sufficiently visually oriented. One of these cameramen was Paul Strand, who went on to become one of America's most honored still photographers. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Donald Brittain: Filmmaker (1995) more
Soundtrack:
Reveille more

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5 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Not appreciated, 24 June 2003
Author: CocaCola18 (Aka1983CocaCola@aol.com) from SW England

I would agree with previous comments to this documentary film "The Plow That Broke the Plains" as a story is not the most appreciated piece of work in any country other than the United States of America. This was an environment that effected America in such a big way and I personally cannot imagine what it would have been like during the years of the depression (as I cannot imagine all of the plight in modern history though out the world!)

But what I can appreciate what a nice piece of work this is and should be loved by the world over!

GREAT STUFF

7.9/10

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