Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (film) explained

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Director:Philippe Mora
Producer:David Puttnam
Sandy Lieberson
Editing:Jeremy Thomas
Studio:Goodtimes Enterprises
Distributor:Visual Programme Systems Ltd.
Dimension Pictures (US)
Runtime:110 min.
Country:United Kingdom
United States[1] [2]
Language:English
Gross:$1.4 million[3]

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is a 1975 documentary film directed by Philippe Mora,[4] consisting largely of newsreel footage and contemporary film clips[5] to portray the era of the Great Depression.[6] [7]

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.[8] [9] [10]

Cast

[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Selected films featured

Accolades

1976: Nominated-Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film[21]

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.[18]

See also

All This and World War II, a similar 1976 'scrapbook' documentary about World War II scored to music of the Beatles.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://miff.com.au/festival-archive/films/18470 MIFF Archive:|MIFF 2023
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=0aS0_v5rr9MC Contemporary American Independent Film - Google Books (pg.47)
  3. Book: Donahue, Suzanne Mary. American film distribution : the changing marketplace. 1987 . UMI Research Press . 297. 978-0-8357-1776-2. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  4. https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film526327.html FilmAffinity
  5. https://www.filmsite.org/docfilms.html Documentary Films - filmsite.org
  6. https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414545/brother-can-you-spare-a-dime#overview Turner Classic Movies
  7. https://mubi.com/films/brother-can-you-spare-a-dime MUBI
  8. https://www.timeout.com/london/film/brother-can-you-spare-a-dime TimeOut
  9. https://www.fullframefest.org/film/brother-can-you-spare-a-dime/ Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
  10. https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.28040155?seq=46 Los Angeles Press on JSTOR (Vol. 12, Issue 578, 08-15-1975, pg.22)
  11. News: 'Can You Spare a Dime?' Evokes 1930's (Published 1975) . The New York Times . 8 August 1975 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230624033433/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/08/archives/can-you-spare-a-dime-evokes-1930s.html . 2023-06-24 . live . Eder . Richard .
  12. https://www.allmovie.com/movie/brother-can-you-spare-a-dime-v158926/review AllMovie Review
  13. https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200014132/ BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?-Library of Congress
  14. https://www.tvguide.com/movies/brother-can-you-spare-a-dime/review/2000088676/ TV Guide
  15. https://www.doblu.com/2019/10/30/can-you-spare-a-dime-blu-ray-review/ Doblu.com
  16. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/brother-can-you-spare-a-dime-1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Movie Review| Roger Ebert
  17. https://www.allmovie.com/movie/brother-can-you-spare-a-dime-v158926 AllMovie
  18. https://trailersfromhell.com/brother-can-you-spare-a-dime/ DVD Review on Trailers from Hell
  19. https://web.archive.org/web/20170721072256/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6995b054 BFI
  20. Web site: Breadlines and Grilled Millionaire. The Harvard Crimson. Cummings. Larry B.. October 7, 1975.
  21. https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/brother-can-you-spare-dime Golden Globes

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