Based on the autobiography of iconic American folk singer Woody Guthrie who wrote "This Land Is Your Land" director Hal Ashby’s,
Bound for Glory, is still one of the best musical bio-pics of any generation.
Woody (Carradine), is a dust bowl populist who hops from train to train, city to town, meeting the American people who would come to form the heart of so many of his best songs. Eventually, Guthrie's protest music earned him a following through the radio and he rode the rails to New York to find a larger audience. Sound Unseen is proud to present, Bound for Glory, not only as a tribute to Carradine, who won Best Actor from the National Board of Review in 1976, but as a testament to the power of Guthrie’s music, which is still relevant today.
Bound for Glory was nominated for six Academy Awards including: Best Picture and won two Oscars for Best Cinematography (Haskell Wexler) and Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score.
Critic’s Quotes:
“Bound for Glory is outstanding biographical cinema, not only of Woody Guthrie but also of the 1930’s Depression era which served to disillusion, inspire and radicalize him and millions of other Americans.” -Variety
“4 out of 4 stars. There are images in Hal Ashby’s “Bound for Glory” so striking or so beautiful I doubt I’ll ever forget them. It is one of the best-looking films ever made, in its photography, in its use of locations and in its recreation of the America that Woody Guthrie discovered.” – Roger Ebert
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