Country Music: The Spirit of America

Country Music: The Spirit of America is a 2003 documentary film, in the IMAX format, written and co-produced by Tom Neff and co-directed by Neff, Steven Goldmann and Keith Melton. Randy Scruggs was also a producer on the film and wrote the music score. The film traces the history of the United States in the 20th Century through country music, and is also known as Our Country.[1]

Country Music: The Spirit of America
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySteven Goldmann
Keith Melton
Tom Neff
Produced byRandy Scruggs
Tom Neff
Written byTom Neff
StarringEmily Lalande
Narrated byHal Holbrook
Music byRandy Scruggs
CinematographySteven D. Smith
Rodney Taylor
Edited byBarry Rubinow
Distributed byIMAX
Giant Screen Films
Release date
  • June 2, 2003 (2003-06-02) (United States)
Running time
45 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast
  • Hannah Swanson as Time Traveling Sprite
  • Emily Lalande as Time Traveling Sprite
  • Austin Stout as Austin
  • Benton Jennings as Comic Old West Cowboy
  • Tommy Barnes as Stage Manager
  • Terry Ike Clanton as Crazed Prisoner
  • Tony Nudo as Joe, man at the train station
  • Jaclynn Tiffany Brown as Fresh Faced Teen

Interviews and music performers

Reception

When the film was released, Jane Sumner, film critic for The Dallas Morning News, lauded the film, and wrote, "It's been three years coming. But now that it's here, the IMAX film Our Country, originally titled Twang, makes a rousing addition to this year's State Fair of Texas ... Written and produced by Tom Neff, who produced the six-part TV miniseries America's Music: The Roots of Country for TBS, the documentary celebrates country music as a mirror of the American experience across 90 years ... Vintage photos, archival news footage (including a shot of O.J. Simpson trying on that pesky glove) and Mr. Neff's intelligent, lyrical commentary, narrated by Hal "Deep Throat" Holbrook, trace the history of country music as it parallels the nation's."[2]

See also

References
  1. Our Country at IMDb.
  2. Sumner, Jane The Dallas Morning News, film review, Overnight Section, page 6-B, September 27, 2003.
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