Man from Plains | |
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Directed by | Jonathan Demme |
Written by | Jonathan Demme |
Produced by | Neda Armian |
Starring | Jimmy Carter Rosalynn Carter |
Cinematography | Declan Quinn |
Edited by | Kate Amend |
Music by | Djamel Benyelles Alejandro Escovedo Florent Prabel |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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 .
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.
The film grossed $108,807. [1]
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]