Traveling Hopefully | |
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Directed by | John G. Avildsen |
Produced by | Steven Haft |
Starring | Roger Nash Baldwin Norman Lear |
Music by | Bill Conti |
Production company | Arnuthfonyus Films |
Distributed by | Films Inc. |
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Running time | 29 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote "This is an amiable, well-intentioned documentary, but an extremely superficial one". [2] Also writing in the Times, John J. O'Connor stated that Traveling Hopefully "captures, with warmth, the admirable grittiness of an American original". [3]
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