Man from Plains

Man from Plains
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJonathan Demme
Written byJonathan Demme
Produced byNeda Armian
StarringJimmy Carter
Rosalynn Carter
CinematographyDeclan Quinn
Edited byKate Amend
Music byDjamel Benyelles
Alejandro Escovedo Florent Prabel
Production
company
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release date
  • September 7, 2007 (2007-09-07) (Venice Film Festival)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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 of the United States Jimmy Carter's book tour across America to publicize his book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.[2][3][4] For the book promotion, Carter grants interviews to selected newspapers, magazines, and television shows, such as CNN, PBS, Air America Radio, NPR, Chicago Life, Los Angeles Times, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

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.

Reception

Box office

The film grossed $108,807.[1]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 83 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Man From Plains is a fascinating look at the former president's recent endeavors."[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains The Numbers - Movie Box Office Data, Film Stars, Idle Speculation, accessed May 1, 2011.
  2. ^ Chris Tilly, "Demme 'Comes in Peace'," Archived 2007-05-26 at the Wayback Machine 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.
  3. ^ Borys Kitt and Nicole Sperling, "Demme Helms Docu on Carter for Participant", The Hollywood Reporter December 6, 2006, accessed May 3, 2007.
  4. ^ Nick Paumgarten, "Jimmy Carter Aloft", The New Yorker December 11, 2006, accessed May 3, 2007.
  5. ^ "Man from Plains Jonathan Demme" Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Toronto International Film Festival official website "film schedules," accessed September 10, 2007.
  6. ^ "Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  7. ^ "Jimmy Carter Man from Plains". Metacritic. Retrieved December 30, 2024.


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