Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (film)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is a 1975 documentary film directed by Philippe Mora, consisting largely of newsreel footage and contemporary film clips to portray the era of the Great Depression.[1][2]
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Directed by | Philippe Mora |
Produced by | David Puttnam Sandy Lieberson |
Written by | Philippe Mora |
Starring | Walt Disney Bing Crosby Charlie Chaplin Andrews Sisters Fred Astaire Shirley Temple Eleanor Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
Edited by | Jeremy Thomas |
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Distributed by | Visual Programme Systems Ltd. Dimension Pictures (US) |
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Running time | 110 min. |
Country | United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
Summary
The film serves as a nostalgic and evocative scrapbook of the Depression from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 to the Attack on Pearl Harbor.[3]
Cast
Selected films featured
- King Kong[7]
- I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang[8]
- Citizen Kane[7]
- Wild Boys of the Road[9]
- The Roaring Twenties[9]
- American Madness[9]
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington[9]
Accolades
1976: Nominated-Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film [10]
Availability
A DVD from Image Entertainment was released in 1999 and again in 2018 by Artiflix.
It is available on DVD and Blu-Ray via The Sprocket Vault.[9]
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